Re: And the shakedown begins...

[aaron@cronkright.com]

so, simply *owning* a smartcard reader/programmer is illegal?!?  After
reading this, I want to go out and BUY one just so I can watch them come
running...  BRING IT ON, MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pretty soon many companies will use this tatic to "outlaw" ownership of
Flash drives, floppy disks, etc.

I probably shouldn't have said that...


AC

> http://www.securityfocus.com/printable/news/6402
>
> Sad.
>
> Summary:
>
> DirecTV's business model:
> 1. Find suitable believable offense clause in the DMCA, PATRIOT, and/or
>    so-called "Intellectual Property" laws. This should be trivial, since
>  they were written specifically to make it easier to criminalize and
> prosecute these things so that you get the taxpayers to fund the
> prosecution of what would otherwise be a civil claim of dubious
> merit.
> 2. Send letter to lots of people threatening a Federal complaint against
> them. 3. It costs roughly $5K to even *think* about fighting a federal
> complaint. 4. Extort^WAsk victi^Wmark^Wrevenu^Wpotential plaintiff for
> an amount less
>    than that to make the *potential* Federal criminal charge "go away".
> $3,500 is probably the right amount.
> 5. ???
> 6. PROFIT!!!
>
> Mike808/
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