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Kudelski Group: Verdict against pirating of television programmes

Cheseaux (ots)

The court of the canton of Zug in Switzerland,
convicts two sellers of pirate smartcards. The smartcards were
devised to enable illicit reception of pay-television programmes.
On March 27 in Zug, Switzerland, two people were convicted for
selling forged smartcards, which were devised to access
pay-television programmes without paying for them. The conviction
follows a complaint registered at the end of 2005 by the Kudelski
Group and several other complainants. The complaint was initiated
based on information published on the Internet.
"As a supplier of security solutions, we are satisfied with the
verdict, which should stand out as a clear message for pirates out
there", confirmed Christophe Nicolas, Chief Security Officer of
Nagravision SA, a division of the Kudelski Group. Nicolas added: "We
engage the full range of our technological and legal means to combat
television piracy."
As well as ordering the defendants to pay a fine and bear costs,
the Zug judge ordered that a pecuniary advantage obtained unlawfully
was reason for a 20,000 Swiss francs compensation amount in favour of
the State. The compensation claims of the plaintiffs were referred to
the civil court. The two defendants were owners of a firm based in
central Switzerland that was selling two different types of
smartcards, both of which were declared illicit by the verdict. Used
with a specific software that could be downloaded freely from the
Internet, the smartcards enabled access to 2 pay TV packages, without
having to pay the appropriate rights to the content providers. The
verdict will take effect in 10 days (starting March 27, 2007) if no
appeal is lodged before then.
About the Kudelski Group
The Kudelski Group (SWX: KUD.VX), is a world leader in digital
security. Its technologies are used in a wide range of applications
requiring access control and rights management, whether for securing
transfer of information (digital television, broadband Internet,
video-on-demand, interactive applications, etc.) or to control and
manage access of people or vehicles to sites and events. The Kudelski
Group is headquartered in Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland.
For more information, please visit www.nagra.com.

Contact:

Rodolfo Ciucci
Head of Corporate Communications
Tel: +41/21/732'01'81
Fax: +41/21/732'03'00
E-Mail: rodolfo.ciucci@nagra.com

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