Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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."

11 of 149 comments (clear)

  1. BLING BLING by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Awwww yeah, I gotz mad skillz and dose pay da mad billz.

  2. Read the story next time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    They don't call you "dunce" at school for nothing. That was in the story posted! Well done for failing Grade 1 reading comprehension, Bart.

    I mean, how stupid can you be to post this link when it is linked in the story. I mean, you could find a link at ZDNet or Reuters or the filed court papers and that would be useful. But not the link in the story. You skull cavity needs airing.

  3. 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.

  4. Slashdot.Org is Dying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Slashdot.Org is dying. The subscription service has failed and the larger advertisments have driven away the reader base.

    1. 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,

      --

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

  5. first 8=D by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    8==D

  6. Smuggle canadian beer back to canada? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I know this may be a bit offtopic, but can someone tell me the point of going to the US from Canada to buy Canadian beer? Wouldn't it be cheaper just to buy the Canadian made stuff in Canada? I must be completely clueless about economics.

    This was talked about earlier from Canada to Raise Tariffs on Recordable Media in this thread

    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=29320&cid=31 47 681

  7. I write for the Drew Carey show by Gizzmonic · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And now, another morsel from johnny B's stockpile of brilliant poetry.

    I Write for Drew Carey

    by johnny B, Dilbert-looking shmub!

    I'm writing a script for the Drew Carey Show.

    In this exciting episode,

    Drew gets the mortal shit beat out of him,

    that fat ugly bitch shuts the fuck up,

    and that ho he's seein

    shows some motherfuckin ass.

    (just a sample of what you'll find on the new rgbdream.com, coming soon!)

    --
    (-1, Raw and Uncut is the only way to read)
  8. Gotta Check This Out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    LOL... Priceless!

  9. 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%.

  10. Yes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Abortion is terrorism!! EnD all ABorTIOn NOW!!! As the brave American soldiers bomb the evil Al-quieda forces, so the bombs of pro-LIFE freedom fighters combat the scourge of ABORTIOn TERROR! END all ABorTion now!!!!!!