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Satellite Hackers Charged Under DMCA

Posted by michael on from the grounded dept.

RexHavoc writes "'Invoking the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a federal grand jury has indicted six people on charges of developing software and hardware designed to hack into paid TV satellite transmissions.' My guess is that for those who haven't already plead guilty, they will have a tough time proving that they had good intentions, unlike Dmitry Sklyarov's e-books case."

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  1. What!? by 91degrees · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, they send the information to my home, without my permission. It bounces around my dish, causing interference, and then they have the audacity to say that I'm not allowed to apply mathematical operations on this noise!?

    If they don't want me to pirate their signal, why did they send it to me?

  2. Excuse me, by genka · · Score: 4, Funny


    If sat providers don't want me to mess with their signal, they shouls cease to radiate it on my house in backyard!
    This is not like I am tapping into their cable.