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Article #4959Re: Cable TV Descrambler $20.00
From: David Hutchison
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1996 00:00
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Carlos A. Alvarez wrote: > > In article <4ot6np$4kq@news.greatbasin.net>, Deborah@finetouch.silver-springs.nv.us wrote: > > >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!!!! > > Really, I didn't know the cable company had it's own police and judicial > system for prosecution. > > Buying and selling any of these devices is legal. Even using one is legal, if > you notify your cable company (who will promptly trap all the pay channels > with bandpass filters). The only thing illegal about it is using it to > receive any program you have not paid for. The cable company may not have police or judical systems, but the companies that broadcast on cable sure have the bucks to prosecute. For instance, if you use the box to watch pay-for-view sports, like basketball, without paying, the NBA sure is big enough to prosecute (and they will, locally, some people were selling boxes that were tweaked to get pay-for-view, 8 of them are in prison, one is on probation .. he squealed)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10e1e4,82eb0084358fff09 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e1e4,public X-Google-Thread: f6504,82eb0084358fff09 X-Google-Attributes: gidf6504,public X-Google-Thread: f6184,82eb0084358fff09 X-Google-Attributes: gidf6184,public X-Google-Thread: 10d69d,82eb0084358fff09 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d69d,public X-Google-Thread: 111429,82eb0084358fff09 X-Google-Attributes: gid111429,public X-Google-Thread: 112f74,82eb0084358fff09 X-Google-Attributes: gid112f74,public X-Google-Thread: 1022c1,82eb0084358fff09 X-Google-Attributes: gid1022c1,public X-Google-Thread: fdbbd,82eb0084358fff09 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdbbd,public From: David Hutchison <72707.471@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: Cable TV Descrambler $20.00 Date: 1996/06/04 Message-ID: <31B486A4.3B0C@compuserve.com> X-Deja-AN: 158532412 references: <4o4q8m$5nd@mn5.swip.net> <4oo59v$abn@dfw-ixnews9.ix.netcom.com> <4ot6np$4kq@news.greatbasin.net> <637cc$101d23.280@news.isdnet.com> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Hutchware Ltd. mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: 5col.general,ab.general,alc.general,alt.aapg.general,asu.general.announce,at.general,at.tuwien.general,atl.general,aus.general,austin.general,az.general,ba.general,balt.general,bc.general,bermuda.general,bionet.general,bit.general,biz.general,biz.sco.general,biz.zeos.general,bonbit.general,boulder.general,ca.general,can.atlantic.general x-mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4 (Win16; I)