The $58,000 TV bill: When DirecTV sued O.J. Simpson for piracy
Summary
Ars Technica's article recounts the 2001–2005 DirecTV piracy case against O.J. Simpson, detailing how bootloaders and smartcards were used to access DirecTV programming and how the FBI-assisted raid unfolded. It covers the technical countermeasures (ECMs and bootloaders), the court rulings that led to a final judgment of $58,678, and the broader anti-piracy campaign's legal and public-relations impact.