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Still More on News Corp. Hacking Charges

Posted by michael on from the as-the-world-turns dept.

Spike and others wrote in about this ongoing saga: subsidiary of Vivendi claims that a subsidiary of News Corporation cracked their satellite TV smart cards and posted for public download. (See our previous stories.) Two new stories from the Associated Press and Yahoo note that although the two companies are apparently dropping the original lawsuit (since News Corp. is making a large investment in Vivendi), Echostar is now claiming they were hacked too and the U.S. Justice Department is investigating possible criminal charges.

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  1. This is Kinda like by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is kinda like Apple suing Microsoft when MS owned 40% of their company.

  2. Re:I got hacked too, honest by Ann+Coulter · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's people like you who are destroying this country. You people feel entitled to everything that you can never achieve with your godforsaken attitudes. There were places in the world where people like you poisoned with your way of thinking. Your post isn't even funny. Joking about the confescation of property is an assult on the principles of this nation.
    Major corporations made this country Great. Civilians should not have the same rights as corporations because they do not contribute as much to our nation. The only ones who should be allowed to sue (and reap irreperible damage to a corporation) are corporations who have as much at stake. Our Nation is founded upon the concept of a Constitutional Republic(tm). We have class separations that must be enforced. An average Joe Sixpack, or a mass of them, should never wield the kind of power deprive companies of millions.
    On the other hand, News Corp. has every Right to hack their competition because they dominate the market. People recieve more rights as they ascend the ladder, and it should be that way or otherwise we would have a ruling mob. Those of you who believe in a parity between Corporate rights and civilian rights are socialists. The fact of the matter is that America is an aristocracy and that is what makes this nation Great.

  3. Re:I got hacked too, honest by MaxVlast · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ms. Coulter,

    I had no idea that you read /.. I'm one of your biggest male fans. Is there any chance we could meet, and if we mate will you conclude by biting my head off in any fashion? Please say yes!

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