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Vivendi Universal vs. News Corporation

Posted by michael on from the et-tu-brute dept.

timbo_red writes: "According to a BBC story, NDS, a company 80% owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is being sued by Canal+ for allegedly cracking their smart cards, which could have had a serious effect on ITV digital, the major UK competitor to Murdochs Sky digital in the UK pay TV market."

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  1. Eek... by cswiii · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It'll truly be interesting to see how the DMCA trump card gets played out in this game, goliath vs. goliath.

  2. Re:Slashdot.Org is Dying by ethereal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think you're using the wrong troll post mad-libs form. Usually it's several paragraphs long, and talks about "charnel houses" a little more than that. Also some faked-up statistics.

    Just trying to keep the quality of trolling at an acceptable level,

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    Your right to not believe: Americans United for Separation of Church and

  3. Price differenct is due to taxes by Mastagunna · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In Canada thanks to taxes a 24 cost about 32 bucks for low end junk (Blue, Canadian and the like). In the US, the taxes are much lower, i have seen beer cheeper then pop, so you save the taxes, which are close to 50%.