You're right, Peaches. No one likes to see the prices of service driven up because of events that are no fault of your own. However, there are rules that say you have to show that the plaintiff is guilty of an act before you can attempt to persecute them or seek monetary damages. DirecTV is not following these rules, and should get smacked for trying to extort money from these people, whom they have not proven pirated their signal. They should have a mechanism in place that is able to track who is paying for the signal, and who is not.
They need to show that these people who are claiming that they purchased the cards for other reasons, have a dish in their house and no legal smart cards for use.
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