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From: ix21@sdccs6.UUCP (David Whiteman)
Newsgroups: net.tv,net.legal
Subject: Re: Illegal satellite dish cleanup in San Francisco area?
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Date: Thu, 9-Aug-84 00:25:28 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  9 00:25:28 1984
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Wales@ucla-cs recently posted an article questioning the legality of
the acts of a firm trying to eliminate pirating of subscription T.V.
signals.  This firm apparently identified people who had microwave
antennas by various photography techniques; this firm then told
these people to desist and pay $300 as an out of court settlement or
be sued.  According to news today Wales is not the only one to
question the legality of this program.  The famed lawyer Martin
Belli has called these actions "extortion," and has started filing a
class-action suit against Premier Television on behalf of those in
the SF area who have microwave antennas.

David Whiteman