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DirecTV takes on PirateDen.com
IgD writes "Pirate's Den is a DirecTV hacking website based in Canada. The site features a very busy chat forum where 'hobbyists' research and discuss ways of hacking satellite TV. The site makes money by selling advertisements and subscriptions to the chat forum. The owner claims all he is engaging in is free speech. He does not appear to directly market circumvention devices. DirectTV doesn't agree however. They apparently are demanding the owner close the site, transfer the domain and pay a settlement fee. Another interesting twist to all this is the fact that DirecTV is not legally able to market its services in Canada. You can read more about this legal battle at FreedomFight.ca."
for its protectionist legislation that prevents DirecTV from legally selling its services in Canada, thus REQUIRING Canadians to act illegally to acquire the programming they clearly want.
Better yet, Canadian voters should elect less socialistic/paternalistic representatives. Just a thought.
Aiding and abetting someone to theft (of service) is still i believe a criminal offence, same as cloned cards,cable cubes etc.
this site is a little more than a hobby site and more a bunch of criminals swapping law evasion techniques
Flamebait? Why flamebait? Has Slashdot sunk so low that saying stealing is wrong is now an invitation to fight? I would have thought all of Slashdot could get behind the "stealing is wrong" idea. I would have thought that would be a popular idea, especially around here.
Guess I was wrong. Guess Slashdot is just as morally bankrupt as pirateden.com.
perhaps even more obvious is your glaring lack of reading-comprehension. Or perhaps it is you that suffers from limited knowledge of Canadian law.
Whatever the case, I must kindly request that you refrain from jerking your knee near my insightful commentary in the future. thanks.