EFF Coordinates Fight Against DirecTV

wumarkus420 writes "In response to recent lawsuits filed by DirecTV against purchasers of smartcard equipment, the EFF and Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society have announced a new site devoted to the legal fight against DirecTV's aggressions. Hopefully, this new site will provide innocent consumers that have been threatened under the veil of the DMCA with professional legal advice and information."

Comments

Re:Oh, come on

[forand]

Did you read what the webpage is about? Here is a direct link if you couldn't find it from the links provided:
DirectTV Defense
And just in case you don't read the article here is a little quote:

People who intercept DirectTV's satellite signal are breaking the law. However, DirecTV's cease and desist letter campaign does not distinguish the legitimate users from the thieves.

I hope this cleared things up.

Re:Oh, come on

[werwerf]

I agree

Here in Spain, pirate smartcards were rampant until the main dish company changed the technology (changing their smartcards) and killed the market.
The same thing happened in France...

Werwerf

There was a .SIG here, it is gone now...

Furthermore

[Penguinshit]

DirecTV is suing Canadian citizens and attempting to disrupt information websites (presumably under the guise of the DMCA). What interesting about this is that DirecTV has no jurisdiction in Canada, as they have no presence there (they are not licensed to broadcast into Canada, which is what started this whole mess in the first place). Also, the DMCA does not apply to non-US citizens (although we've seen how well that's been applied in the Sklyarov case).

Right or wrong about the genesis of their actions (some folks really are intercepting DirecTV signal), DTV is just flat wrong about how they prosecute their case and need to be reigned back in.