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

>>hiwest@ix.netcom.com(Warren West) wrote:

>>Cable TV Descrambler 160 stations $20.00
>>hiwest@ix.netcom.com

>This is highly illegal and anyone who is caught buying or selling a
>descrambler box could be prosecuted by the local cable tv company. I
>know because I am a cable television auditor!!!!

Are you a lawyer?  Well, neither am I ... :-)

But if you visit any of the converter/descrambler vendor's web sites,
you'll see a disclaimer similar to the following:

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

YES! Descramblers are legal. If your cable TV company can possess &
rent the box to you then you can own the box yourself. An example in
time would be when ATT rented telephones to consumers. The feds
directed that it was legal for consumers to own their own phone. Now
you wouldn't consider buying only from ATT. The cable TV industry is
in its early stages relative to this development. It is legal for you
to purchase and it is legal for you to own. When you buy a cable box
it is your responsibility to inform the cable TV company that you are
accessing their signal. It is illegal to receive their transmission
without paying for it.

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So ... I'm not trying to mislead anyone into thinking I'm qualified to
offer legal advice, but these disclaimers all seem to suggest that
there is nothing illegal at all in owning your own equipment ... BUT
.. it is DEFINITELY illegal to use such equipment without notifying
your cable company.  Attaching such a device to the cable feed without
paying the cable company for ALL channels received would constitute
theft of services ... which is both illegal and immoral.

Besides which ... $20 ? ! ? ... and this device is really supposed to
work ? ! ? ... sounds like a rip off to me :-)