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In article <31313390.13D4@ssimicro.com>, xdougp@ssimicro.com says...
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>George wrote:
>> 
>> SHNWGA wrote:
>> >
>> > Get caught and go to jail. Is it really worth it?
>> 
>> Humm... ok lets see in CA it is a misdemanor and max $1000 fine...
>> 
>> now they have to prove you actually watched something without paying for it 
ri
>ght, hows that
>> going to happen?, mere possession is not illegal as if the cable company can 
o
>wn 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 
y
>our window and
>> invade your privacy? get real, the only people that get in any real trouble 
ar
>e those that sell
>> them with the specific intent for you to do something illegal with them, not 
t
>he user.
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>In Canada, the new "thief of telecommunications act" makes it illegal
>to have the means even if you don't use it.  the fines can be up to
>$20,000 per day of offence plus a criminal record and jail time.
>
>this is not to say you can't own a decoder, just as long as it 
>is authorized by the cable company - if it can descramble the 
>cable company's signals.
>
>Doug


Ya, wouldn't want to take a dime away from that greedy TED ROGERS bastard!!