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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. Sky Rocks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    ITV Digital doesn't.

    Sounds like baby cry baby tears to me.

    Oh yes, lets crack and illegally distribute our competitors security features. Oh yes, right. I really believe that happened. NOT.

  2. Re:More at the BBC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Tricky! Tricky! You think I'm going to fall for that Goatse.cx link.

  3. Probably cracked by . . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    . . . bored bnetd developer, idle thanks to threats from Blizzard (a Vivendi company). "Accuse me of facilitating piracy, will 'ya? I'll facilitate some f*cking piracy for ya' right here."

    ~~~

  4. Re:Not mathematically impossible by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yo, dumbass. It's trivial to factor large primes. You're thinking of the (composite) product of large primes.