DirecTV Extortion Program stopped by EFF

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday June 15, 2004 @03:16AM from the fighting-the-good-fight dept.

eticket writes "After several years of an Organized Extortion program DirecTV has been stopped by the EFF. As many of you may know DirecTV has been suing people who purchased card programers even if they had legitimate reasons for them. Many have settled to avoid legal issues. The problem was they had to prove innocence instead of DirecTV proving guilt. The only thing that DirecTV did was say they purchased the card programmer from a site that sold Satellite pirating equipment. Even though there are legitimate uses. Thanks to the EFF for stopping this horrible miscarriage of the legal system. "

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Honestly by KidSock · 2004-06-15 06:37 · Score: 0, Troll

even if they had legitimate reasons for them

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Oh, paleeease. Ok, if DirectTV didn't really have any evidence that the user indented to pirate the service then they have no case and should not be permitted to make a revenue stream out of settlements. But don't try to claim these people actually had a "legitimate reason" to use this equiptment. They're all freakn' bootleggers of the highest order. At least be honest about that.