Volume III

Issue : 5: March 10, 2005

• Should Software Makers be Liable for Flaws
• VOIP Continues to Make News
• Microsoft Gets a Second Chance in $521M Web Browser Patent Suit
• Privacy Related Class Action Filed Against CIBC
• Music Industry Continues Strategy of Suing File-Swappers
• EU Council Approves Software Patent Directive
• U.S. Satellite Company DirecTV Sues Nineteen Canadians
• Amazon.com Granted New U.S. Patent re Novel Business Process

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U.S. Satellite Company DirecTV Sues Nineteen Canadians

DirecTV, a U.S. satellite company, commenced legal action against nineteen individual Canadians whom it alleges sold devices that allow viewers to pick up DirecTV signals without paying, and seeks an injunction to prevent them from selling any further devices. The company claims that these individuals and their businesses have helped Canadians access the "grey market", in which Canadians can access DirecTV by subscribing using a U.S. postal address. The Coalition against Satellite Signal Theft has also lobbied the Canadian government to increase penalties under the Radiocommunications Act for individuals convicted of stealing signals.

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