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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. I simply can't believe this by AgentTim3 · · Score: 1, Troll
    The bottom line is that it's their content, and they get to decide who gets it and for how much.

    You have GOT to be kidding me.

    Ok, here's one for ya. I'm gonna start a company and become a competing service provider to DirecTV. I'm gonna deliver content to everyone's house, my delivery medium will be ping-pong balls. I'll have encrypted content written on each ping-pong ball, it'll probably be along the lines of "YUCK FOU".

    I'm gonna start lobbing hundreds of these little suckers into your house every day. Now, if you touch them, pick them up, or even ATTEMPT to read the message on them (unless of course you've got a monthly contract with me to do so, low price of $49.99), you're breaking the law and I'm gonna put your ass in jail.

    Geeeez. It makes my skin crawl to see how many people buy into D-TV's argument. It'd be laughable if they weren't so successful at brainwashing all you monkeys.