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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-05-08 02:22 PM
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Lack of Murdoch Testimony Could Cost NewsCorp a Fortune
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Source: ABC News

If media baron Rupert Murdoch doesn't testify in a lawsuit that accuses one of his companies of corporate espionage, it could cost News Corporation hundreds of millions of dollars, according to the federal judge overseeing the trial.

"But without the ability of Mr. Murdoch" to get on the stand and "briefly say, 'I didn't do it,' and 'I didn't know about it,' there's a real risk," Judge David O. Carter warned lawyers, according to a transcript of the session held in the judge's chambers.

A News Corporation subsidiary, NDS, is accused in a civil lawsuit by the EchoStar satellite company of hacking into EchoStar/DISH Network's security code and then posting it on the Internet, allowing criminals to counterfeit the security cards used by subscribers to the DISH Network satellite service.

News Corporation has denied any wrongdoing, and its lawyers maintain Murdoch has no direct knowledge of the alleged hacking.



Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4789512&page=1
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