Those true geeks out there will remember when DirecTV did there Black Tuesday assault on hacked DirecTV boxes. Seems since then the pirates have kept on hacking boxes and DirecTV has been fighting the war on many fronts. It seems they may have bit of more than they wanted to and users are fighting back in court. A great article on Techdirt it is worth the time to visit all of the links to get the full story.
On a side not jeez I may have to get DirecTV here as the carry Tech TV.