RSS
DirecTV Hacker Is First Person Convicted Under DMCA - Faces 30 Years
from the steep dept
With all the talk about the DMCA, apparently no one has ever been convicted under the DMCA for circumventing security measures. That just changed. Someone has been found guilty of violating the DMCA for selling modified DirecTV cards that let people access the service without paying DirecTV. DirecTV, of course, has been coming down hard (perhaps too hard) on anyone they think is helping people receive their signals for free. However, this guy is now facing 30 years in jail and a fine of $2.75 million. Doesn't that seem a bit extreme compared to the sorts of penalties handed out to violent criminals these days?
8 Comments | Leave a Comment..
If you liked this post, you may also be interested in...
- Schrödinger's Download: Whether Or Not An iTunes Music Sale Is A 'Sale' Depends On Who's Suing
- We Don't Have A 'Wild West' Internet Now, But We Will If SOPA Or Similar Is Passed
- One Nation, Under Guard
- Supreme Court Denies Appeal For The Pirate Bay Founders
- White House Says It Can't Comment On Possible Chris Dodd Investigation
Reader Comments (rss)
(Flattened / Threaded)
No crime - Welcome to nazi America
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
Penalties for crimes
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
What property?
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
No Subject Given
And a guy who beats and rapes a young girl (or several) faces what?
Nice priority U.S justice system...nice.
And this isn't an "apples and oranges" issue either...
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
Re: Penalties for crimes
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
Such OTT bullsh1t
Jees, I mean it's not as if there's anything worth watching on TV anyway.
Mind you I guess as a pirate he's "taking jobs from makeup artists" etc. who work in the movie industry (as I was told when I went to the cinema this weekend).
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
.
Huge monopolies have tons of cash to throw at congress so unjust laws are past protecting 'their' interests.
If women that were raped could pull money like that together, have no doubt they could pass laws allowing for their attackers to get the chair.
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
Re: .
About 50 years ago, rapists DID get the chair in a lot of states (mainly the South). But liberals deemed it "backward" and the SCOTUS (temporarially) overturned the death penalty and now it is hard to get it done for mass murderers (Charles Manson is still alive as a result of this temp overturn in the death penalty. Also don't forget all the mass murderers the dem govorner of ill. just let go on a mass pardon)
So don't blame EVERYTHING on monopolies (okay, maybe your comparison was just not a good comparison)
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
Add Your Comment