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1996 Economic Espionage Act and DirectTV

Posted by michael on from the red-handed dept.

Pharmboy writes "The Register reports a 19 year old will plead guilty to the 1996 Economic Espionage Act for giving away DirectTV secrets, even though they admit he did not pirate the service or profit from the theft." See our original story on this case.

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  1. DirecTV Secrets by Bearded+Pear+Shaped · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes gentlemen
    Thank you all for coming here today
    The bidding for these DIRECTV SECRETS
    Will begin at

    ONE MILLION DOLLARS

    MUAH HA HA HA

    No, spice network is extra.

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    1. Re:DirecTV Secrets by cpt+kangarooski · · Score: 2, Funny

      Secret 2: The history channel is concerned with the history of hitler, the occult, UFOs and the secrets of the pyramids only

      But they all share the same history. (i.e. Hitler being sent back in time by Nazi sorcerers, and building the pyramids with the help of aliens in UFOs)

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  2. hmmmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    How can I blash Bush or Ashcroft for a bad law passed during Clinton's time as president?

    Oh, fuck it, I'm a liberal and I'll blast Bush anyway for an isolated case of judicial abuse! It doesn't have to make sense!!!

  3. DirecTV Secrets by Bearded+Pear+Shaped · · Score: 2, Funny

    Secret 1: There's nothing on, ever
    Secret 2: The history channel is concerned with the history of hitler, the occult, UFOs and the secrets of the pyramids only
    Secret 3: You're fat
    Secret 4: There's still nothing on

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  4. In Soviet Russia.... by Kelz · · Score: 2, Funny

    You cut your OWN hands off!

  5. Kids are wacky by L.+VeGas · · Score: 5, Funny

    It may or may not be true that information wants to be free, but it is definitely true that 19 year-old kids want to do stupid things.

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  6. What were the secrets? by Joe+the+Lesser · · Score: 5, Funny

    It was in the form of a memo:

    To: CEO of DirectTV
    From: Quality Assurance Engineer
    Re: Our service

    CEO,

    I regret to inform you that our product is inferior, and should not be purchased. I pray no one gets wind of this discovery.

    ~QA

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  7. Yep, we definitely need a law against stupid... by 0x69 · · Score: 4, Funny

    So our junior genius is working with a client's tip-top-secret documents, 10,000-to-1 he's signed some heavy-duty non-disclosure agreement and knows his uncle's company could get fried if anything leaks, yet he decided to make a hobby out of sending copies of the documents to the whole world.

    I'll agree that the law's a poor fit, and this young kid's whole life is toasted bad, but I feel sorry for him about like I feel sorry for the guy who tried pissin' on a 100,000 volt line knocked down in a storm.

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  8. But...but... by fobbman · · Score: 0, Funny

    He was 1337. Doesn't that exempt him from this type of thing?