DirecTV can't sue you just for owning unauthorized gear

By Ryan Block

Yesterday a Federal Appeals Court smacked down DirecTV and ruled that the mere act of owning equipment which could potentially steal satellite TV signals is not enough to take them to court, you actually have to prove that they did something illegal with it. Mike Treworgy, the guy facing DirecTV's legal hounds, isn't out of the woods yet, since the company announced that they intend to prove that he was using his unauthorized receiver equipment to steal DirecTV's programming.

[Via TechDirt]

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