Satellite Bcstg. & Communications Assn. (SBCA) filed amicus brief...
Satellite Bcstg. & Communications Assn. (SBCA) filed amicus brief to support MPAA appeal in antipiracy case before 2nd U.S. Appeals Court, N.Y. NFL and NCTA also filed in support of MPAA. In Aug., MPAA won suit against distributor of…
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DeCSS, computer program designed to break encryption code of Content Scramble System that prevents illegal copying from DVDs. DeCSS appealed decision, which led MPAA to ask other groups for help, including SBCA. SBCA said it continued to be “alert to other opportunities to fight signal piracy and unauthorized theft of copyrighted works” in effort to protect DBS programmers and service providers.