Former Anti-Piracy 'Bag Man' Turns On DirecTV

Posted by michael on Saturday April 17, 2004 @07:44AM from the made-man dept.

Cowards Anonymous writes "SecurityFocus has this story: 'A one-time enforcer in DirecTV's anti-piracy campaign is suing his ex-employer for wrongful discharge, after he allegedly resigned rather than continue to prosecute the company's controversial war against buyers of hacker-friendly smart card equipment.' John Fisher claims that he was hired by DirecTV as a senior investigator to track down satellite signal pirates. Instead, he claims, he was no better than a 'bag man for the mob'; coercing people into paying money for stealing services when he had no proof whether they had really done so."

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THE END IS NEAR....! by beatnitup · 2004-04-17 08:06 · Score: -1, Offtopic

First the p3(hu) card dies...then global warming will cause the poles to melt (see earlier /. p0st) wipeing the planet of all human life...and then dinosaurs will resurrect and rule the world once again.
Gates by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-17 08:35 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Microsoft is going down the drain like a turd. Bill Gates is b0red and can no longer run the company. Stock holders leave. C# abandoned. So long suckers...
Re:Are my old H-cards worth anything? by puck01 · 2004-04-17 10:09 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Only for the audio on the music stations