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Originally Posted by SoDarkTheCon
A man and his wife were arrested, based on there own stupidity though. They called the cops to there house and forgot to hide the tons of plastic and provider receiver equipment. The dude is serving 5 i think and the lady 2. This was in Toronto, Canada...
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They say the first thing to go is memory - oh oh
Anyway I think I read a thread here or perhaps elsewhere about someone or a couple in either Florida or Arizona and seems that they also did something incredibly stupid although can't say for sure I think it was they did something like have the DN or DTV people out to remove their equipment while they had their new FTA stuff up and running with DN or DTV ON THE TV!
Other then the recent Viewsat situation and even with that anyone who participates in this hobby should KNOW that by putting in a 3rd party file into an FTA receiver of any brand they are INVALIDATING THEIR WARRENTY. VIRTUALLY EVERY RECEIVER I'VE PURCHASED (4 DIFFERENT BRANDS) INDICATE EITHER ON THE ACTUAL PACKING BOX or in the manual that comes with the receiver or on the warranty card or all of them plainly states 3 rd party files invalidate the warranty.
Don't know how much of a 3rd party bin file is truly ERASED when the factory default is reinstalled perhaps someone here does know or can advice on that. Of course a unit that drops dead totally one would not be able to install the factory default etc - in which case I would not even consider returning it to the factory -
ANYWAY - The chances of being prosecuted for piracy or whatever they officially charge soneone with pirating an encrypted Sat Signal is probably
1 in 5 million or so considering how many have modified fta boxes and how many have been prosecuted. UP TO NOW -
We must keep in mind that the more that participate in this hobby and I'm sure the participants have grown exponentially in the past 2 or 3 years, the more aggressive Charlie and his buddy up North in Canada are going to get about this whole thing - It's all about big business and big bucks
Charlie (echostar) NET EARNINGS I believe were THREE QUARTERS of a BILLION dollars in 2007 yep thats Seven Hundred and Fifty Million Dollars or there abouts
Then you have the manufacturers of these FTA boxes and were talking pretty big bucks there also. They are all out for MARKET SHARE against each other and the bucks must be big for Viewsat to even fight this case as each of those lawyers that they have representing them is probably clocking $300 or $400 AN HOUR.