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In article <3130C878.29E9@bc.cybernex.net>, Steve Raft <sraft@bc.cybernex.net> says:
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>George wrote:
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>> SHNWGA wrote:
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>> > Get caught and go to jail. Is it really worth it?
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>> Humm... ok lets see in CA it is a misdemanor and max $1000 fine...
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>> now they have to prove you actually watched something without paying for it right, hows that
>> going to happen?, mere possession is not illegal as if the cable company can own them so can you,
>> the law dosent allow one class of citizens a privlidge ofer another.
>> 
>> so we are back to actually catching you, humm are they going to peep through your window and
>> invade your privacy? get real, the only people that get in any real trouble are those that sell
>> them with the specific intent for you to do something illegal with them, not the user.
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>A couple of the RF specialist/electrical engineers where I work have old me that tv's leak out 
>the signal that you are watching.  Theoretically the cable company could set up a sensitive 
>reciever in a van and go around neiborhoods tuning into these signals.  I don't know if this is 
>practical in real life or even if the cable companies really care about doing it.  I suspect that 
>if too large a percentage of cable subscibers obtain descramblers then the cable industry will 
>find a way to fight back.
   

  heard they've tried the van search but courts told them invasion of privacy