![[Politech logo]](http://www.politechbot.com/image/logo.gif){kind=logo}
Politech is the oldest Internet resource devoted to politics and technology. Launched in 1994 by Declan McCullagh, the mailing list has chronicled the growing intersection of culture, technology, politics, and law. Since 2000, so has the Politech web site.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 15:18:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Joseph Lorenzo Hall <jhall@astron.Berkeley.EDU> To: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>, Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> Subject: EFF, Stanford CIS launch directvdefense.org EFF, Stanford CIS launch directvdefense.org Not only is the RIAA planning thousands of lawsuits against individuals... Direct TV has already initiated approximately 9000 (that's no typo!) federal lawsuits against individuals. These individuals did not necessarily do anything illegal... most of them merely bought a piece of technology called a smart card programmer. Direct TV claims that the only use for such tech. is to steal satellite broadcasting... however, readers of Politech and IP know that they can be used for, at least, one other thing: loading them up with bogus votes and using them in Diebold voting machines! The EFF and Stanford's Center for Internet and Society have launched a website ( http://www.directvdefense.org/ ) that aims to aid individuals that have been threatened by Direct TV with lawsuits or just plain sued. Among the resources provided is a huge list of attorneys that have dealt with Direct TV cases, many at reduced/aggregate rates. Joe ----------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Lorenzo Hall Graduate Student http://pobox.com/~joehall ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------