Re: Cable Companies, was Re: Cable TV Descrambler $20.00

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From: Cary Silverman
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 00:00

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>caradoc@trojan.neta.com (John Groseclose) wrote:

>>Buying and/or selling this kind of equipment isn't illegal, to the best of 
>>my knowledge. *USING* the equipment to intercept and view signals you 
>>haven't paid for is.

Deborah@finetouch.silver-springs.nv.us wrote:

>Why would you buy the equipment if you had no intentions of using it
>to view what it was set up for? To sit on your entertainment center so
>your friends THINK you subscribe to pay stations!?? And as for the
>codes, you would have to look it up in the statutes for that
>particular state, it would be under THEFT OF CATV SIGNAL, or,
>UNAUTHORIZED USE OF CATV SIGNAL

Deborah, relax.  You are WRONG!  You CAN purchase these cable boxes
legally, however the company that sells it to you supplies you with a
notice that you send to your cable company informing them of the
channels you are receiving.  I know a few people that have bought
converters to avoid paying monthly charges to have the box.  Yes,
Deborah, some cable companies do charge you a monthly fee to have
THEIR box, or you can buy your own.  

Silverman

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From: terrapin@mindspring.com (Cary Silverman)
Subject: Re: Cable Companies, was Re: Cable TV Descrambler $20.00
Date: 1996/06/11
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