Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - ucb internal release 1.0; site ucbcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!zehntel!dual!amd!decwrl!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad!spp From: spp@ucbcad.UUCP Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: decoding subscription TV - legality Message-ID: <21100003@ucbcad.UUCP> Date: Sun, 5-Aug-84 19:38:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbcad.21100003 Posted: Sun Aug 5 19:38:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Aug-84 04:02:28 EDT Organization: UC Berkeley, EE CAD Group Lines: 13 Nf-ID: #N:ucbcad:21100003:000:547 Nf-From: ucbcad!spp Aug 5 15:38:00 1984 re: descrambling subscrition TV (legality) It has been alleged on the net that it's illegal to descramble subscription TV. It's my opinion that this is true only in those areas of the country where a local court has so ruled. I believe that asides from this, it's perfectly legal to receive any transmission so long as you don't make commercial use of it (i.e., selling either decoders or the broadcast itself). Could someone who disagees with me cite an actual law or case history to support their claim? steve pope ( ..ucbvax!spp)