Comment Re:finally (Score 1) 619
1) DirecTV has two things- customers and potential customers. When you pirate their signal you deny them a potential customer- obviously the person pirating is interested in satellite tv- thus meeting your criteria of the person(company) no longer poessing it.
2) By your logic I have every right to intercept your cell phone call since you are sending it across EVERYONE'S airspace. Hope you don't mind Federal Agents not needing a warrant anymore to easedrop on you. I also have the right to read your e-mail since you send it across EVERYONE'S shared network. If you encrypt it and I have the means to decrypt it, then it's not stealing? Right? Big Brother can't wait for this Utopia.
3) They have a valid business model and are defending it with their brains and not their lawyers. We should be applauding this. Digital Convergence are you paying attention?