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<blockquote data-quote="Satman" data-source="post: 61"><p>NDS Group PLC, a unit of News Corp, denounced allegations of piracy made against it by Vivendi Universal's Canal Plus as "outrageous and baseless," and said it will launch a counter-claim. </p><p></p><p>Earlier, Canal Plus said it had filed a suit in a California court against NDS for engaging in a conspiracy to harm its competitive position in the digital television market. </p><p></p><p>Canal Plus estimates that NDS's actions have harmed Canal Plus in excess of $1 billion. </p><p></p><p>In a statement, NDS said: "NDS today described the lawsuit filed against it by Canal Plus as outrageous and baseless and reiterated the company's long-standing commitment to eradicating piracy from the conditional access industry." </p><p></p><p>NDS president and chief executive Abe Peled denied his company had any involvement with the significant piracy problem Canal Plus has suffered since 1999. </p><p></p><p>"That problem is due solely to the inferior nature of Canal Plus' conditional access technology, the failure of its business plan to contain measures to protect against piracy and its failure to deal with piracy once it began," he said in a statement. </p><p></p><p>"This lawsuit is a blatant attempt by Canal Plus both to deflect criticism of its new generation card, which is not believed to be state-of-the-art, and to shift blame for its inadequate technology and its past losses." </p><p></p><p>NDS also revealed that Canal Plus had approached NDS in December with the idea of merging the two companies and, "recognizing the inferiority of their own conditional access technology," the French group had "attempted to use these baseless allegations to gain leverage in the negotiations." </p><p></p><p>NDS said it had not yet been served with the complaint, but planned to file a counter-claim once it had had a chance to study Canal Plus' suit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Satman, post: 61"] NDS Group PLC, a unit of News Corp, denounced allegations of piracy made against it by Vivendi Universal's Canal Plus as "outrageous and baseless," and said it will launch a counter-claim. Earlier, Canal Plus said it had filed a suit in a California court against NDS for engaging in a conspiracy to harm its competitive position in the digital television market. Canal Plus estimates that NDS's actions have harmed Canal Plus in excess of $1 billion. In a statement, NDS said: "NDS today described the lawsuit filed against it by Canal Plus as outrageous and baseless and reiterated the company's long-standing commitment to eradicating piracy from the conditional access industry." NDS president and chief executive Abe Peled denied his company had any involvement with the significant piracy problem Canal Plus has suffered since 1999. "That problem is due solely to the inferior nature of Canal Plus' conditional access technology, the failure of its business plan to contain measures to protect against piracy and its failure to deal with piracy once it began," he said in a statement. "This lawsuit is a blatant attempt by Canal Plus both to deflect criticism of its new generation card, which is not believed to be state-of-the-art, and to shift blame for its inadequate technology and its past losses." NDS also revealed that Canal Plus had approached NDS in December with the idea of merging the two companies and, "recognizing the inferiority of their own conditional access technology," the French group had "attempted to use these baseless allegations to gain leverage in the negotiations." NDS said it had not yet been served with the complaint, but planned to file a counter-claim once it had had a chance to study Canal Plus' suit. [/QUOTE]
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