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From: preston@fortune.UUCP (Carol Preston)
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: Re: Satellite dishes
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Date: Mon, 6-Aug-84 18:37:15 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug  6 18:37:15 1984
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Just thought I'd add my two cents into this conversation.

Earlier this summer I was living in Ann Arbor Michigan.  A new subscription 
channel began in Michigan which televised most of the Detroit Tiger baseball 
games.  Needless to say it is a hot item and a number of bars decided to
get the station with their satellites, to attract more patrons.  The company 
(named PASS incidently) sent out 'spies' to get a list of which bars 
were intercepting their signal. The company then brought suit against
these bars.  I don't remember all the details, but the judge (I don't know
what level) ruled that the bars were doing nothing illegal since the signal
was from a satellite and it wasn't being scrambled. The company decided to
appeal, but I don't know anything more since I have since moved from the
area.  I do know from friends who still live there that	 the bars are still 
showing the channel.  On one of the broadcasts that I watched on "regular" 
television, the Tiger's announcer, George Kell, who lives in Arkansas, said 
that he even has a satellite and picks up the games.

-- 
	Carol Preston	Software Engineer - Belmont

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