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<blockquote data-quote="Channel Hopper" data-source="post: 45" data-attributes="member: 175144">This just fell into my intrayNDS in dock over £700m smart card fraudFrench pay-TV giant Canal Plus has launched a lawsuit against News Corpsubsidiary NDS, claiming the London-based company is guilty of softwarepiracy which has cost the company more than £700 million, writes LukeSatchellCanal Plus, part of the Vivendi media empire, has alleged that NDS spentmassive sums trying to crack the code on its smart cards, and oncesuccessful, gave the codes to a website used by counterfeiters. The companysaid the codes were then distributed via the site leading to thousands ofpeople being able to receive pay-TV services for free.'After the code was published on the internet, criminal organisationsflooded the market with counterfeit cards,' Canal Plus said in a statement.'NDS engaged in a conspiracy to harm Canal Plus' competitive position in thedigital television market.'The distribution of the codes is also understood to have cost struggling UKpay-TV company ITV Digital dearly, with counterfeiters in the UK using theinformation to produce fraudulent cards giving access to the service.It is estimated that nearly ten per cent of ITV Digital viewers are eitherbuying set top boxes or subscribing to basic packages and using thebootlegged cards to access premium services for free. The Federation AgainstCopyright Theft (Fact) has estimated that up to 100,000 counterfeitsmartcards are in circulation.NDS is expected to make a statement this afternoon (Tuesday 12).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Channel Hopper, post: 45, member: 175144"] This just fell into my intray NDS in dock over £700m smart card fraud French pay-TV giant Canal Plus has launched a lawsuit against News Corp subsidiary NDS, claiming the London-based company is guilty of software piracy which has cost the company more than £700 million, writes Luke Satchell Canal Plus, part of the Vivendi media empire, has alleged that NDS spent massive sums trying to crack the code on its smart cards, and once successful, gave the codes to a website used by counterfeiters. The company said the codes were then distributed via the site leading to thousands of people being able to receive pay-TV services for free. 'After the code was published on the internet, criminal organisations flooded the market with counterfeit cards,' Canal Plus said in a statement. 'NDS engaged in a conspiracy to harm Canal Plus' competitive position in the digital television market.' The distribution of the codes is also understood to have cost struggling UK pay-TV company ITV Digital dearly, with counterfeiters in the UK using the information to produce fraudulent cards giving access to the service. It is estimated that nearly ten per cent of ITV Digital viewers are either buying set top boxes or subscribing to basic packages and using the bootlegged cards to access premium services for free. The Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact) has estimated that up to 100,000 counterfeit smartcards are in circulation. NDS is expected to make a statement this afternoon (Tuesday 12). [/QUOTE]

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