DirecTV Hacker Is First Person Convicted Under DMCA

John Gilmore gnu at toad.com
Wed Sep 24 06:41:44 EDT 2003


http://www.nbc4.tv/technology/2502786/detail.html
DirecTV Hacker Is First Person Convicted Under Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Man Faces 30 Years In Prison, Millions In Fines For Selling Illegal Hardware

UPDATED: 1:51 p.m. PDT September 22, 2003

...
Spertus said Whitehead -- also known as Jungle Mike -- paid a 
co-conspirator $250 a month to continually update software to circumvent 
the latest DirecTV security measures. Whitehead then used the software to 
create and sell modified DirecTV access cards, the prosecutor said.

The conduct violated the DMCA, which bars trafficking in technology 
primarily designed to get around security measures to access a copyrighted 
work.
...

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material may be made.  (I added that last sentence myself.)

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