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From: mikey@trsvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: decoding subscription TV - legality - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 11-Aug-84 10:34:00 EDT
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trsvax!mikey    Aug 11 09:34:00 1984



In some localities, the deciding factor on descrambling seems to be if you
intercepted the signal ahead of the box.  I  read of a case in Wisconson
(I think) where the receiver was connected ahead of the cable company 
provided tuner box.  More and more cable companies are starting to
set there boxes up so that they cannot be disconnected from the line
without cutting the cable or having a special tool.  I think that this
was originally so that neighbors couldn't share boxes.  

There has been a lot of argument as to at what point interception becomes 
illegal.  From my OWN point of view, anything that is piped into my house 
or broadcast that I can pick up, I feel that I can do with it as I please,
as long as I do so for personal use.  I just won't tamper with their 
equipment, but if I already split and distribute the signal through my  
house before the converter box, it's MINE!  There are some gottchas.  If it
was broadcast and you record it, it may be illegal due to the clause in the 
communications act of 1934 that says that you can't divulge anything that
you receive or other such laws that really apply only by accident.

Personally, I  just dropped my local cable.  I felt that it was too 
expensive.  They took WOR-9 (NYC) off the cable and I  don't like
subsidizing garbage like MTV and some of the other FREEBIES that are
wasted cable space.

mikey at trsvax