Satellite piracy costing TV industry billions - Toronto Star - ABA DSS

**ArticleBot** · March 15th, 2009

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Satellite piracy costing TV industry billions
Toronto Star, Canada
At the heart of the problem are "Free To Air" satellite receivers that are widely available throughout Canada. While the possession of the equipment is not a crime, modifying it to access subscription signals is. Free to Air is a system widely ...

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**newf** · March 15th, 2009

so bell is pissed off because they are getting ripped off.i guess they know how it feels,they been ripping people off for years and getting away with it.all i can say is go coders go

ALDJON · March 15th, 2009

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Satellite piracy costing TV industry billions
Toronto Star, Canada
At the heart of the problem are "Free To Air" satellite receivers that are widely available throughout Canada. While the possession of the equipment is not a crime, modifying it to access subscription signals is. Free to Air is a system widely ...

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What they don't mention is those billions are saved by the potential customers (people who actually need it).

jrichcable · March 15th, 2009

I feel so bad for those multi-million dollar companies!! They can't afford to lose any more money!! NOT!!!!!!!!!!! Go Coders and go FTA community!!

**creativegenius** · March 15th, 2009

That article is very one sided .... to bad they didn't interview a few MODS

to provide some balance.

Creative Genius

**jose2001** · March 15th, 2009

fta will live for live something lake taxez lol lol

**creativegenius** · March 15th, 2009

Read my comment on this article titled:

"Arrrrrrr Matie ... what's on TV?"

And hit the AGREE button, that is of course if you 'Agree'.

Many Thanks

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**creativegenius** · March 15th, 2009

This is a somewhat interesting read for those who may have missed it

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**ArticleBot** · March 16th, 2009

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Satellite piracy costing TV industry billions
Toronto Star, Canada
Some retailers openly advertise on billboards outside their stores that Free to Air receivers are available. While it is not illegal to sell Free to Air equipment, using that equipment to download pay television signals without a subscription is a ...
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smiller007 · March 16th, 2009

a good read. sounds to me like a lot of empty threats from dik and bev. only end-users ever charged happened to be selling pre-programed stb's. duh. if your going to be that bold you should expect to get fined.
also check out ch 125 on dn. saw that last night and got a little chuckle out of it. turns out i'm a pirate. arrr.

paulygi · March 16th, 2009

ohh boo hoo, take the commercials out then I might want to pay, run a cable if you want to know who gets your service, eliminate the CRTC's regulations on content, I DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR CHANNELS I DON'T WANT. In the end the Internet will deliver TV, like it or not.

mrcolortini · August 8th, 2009

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That article is very one sided .... to bad they didn't interview a few MODS

to provide some balance.

Creative Genius

The Toronto Star and bias, heaven forbid! Maybe they'll write a story about how they made billions exploiting the paper carriers and outsourced the jobs when faced with a unionized work force. A newspaper started by striking workers in 1892 busts unions, amazing. As for TV, it is free, what I choose to do with microwaves that are being beamed at me is my business. DN and ma Bell can go to HELL. No cable crap for me CRTC, if I watch an American channel then let me see an American commercial. I guess Canadian commercials are more important than local programming to the CRTC. GOD bless the Coders, f**k the rest of 'em.

treelover · August 8th, 2009

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I DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR CHANNELS I DON'T WANT. In the end the Internet will deliver TV, like it or not.

The internet providers have a looooong way to go!!! Have you attempted to watch so called live tv on your computer?? When they finally get to a point where it is worth watching, the internet providers will be scream about the bandwidth being gobbled up by uesrs followed by bandwith limitations and fees.

No easy answers.

I am getting by with a home made "clothes hanger" antenna and local stations. Get more TV now than when I struggled to watch satellite 123 which ended when my antenna was smashed.

Tree

brewboy · August 8th, 2009

How do these pinheads come up with the money figures? Costing millions ? get realistic, and just charge more to the people who actually pay for this crap, I don't have a hockey arena named after me ( bell center )or a baseball park ( rogers center ) Its all just a scam to make more.....greed will kill.

mrcolortini · August 9th, 2009

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How do these pinheads come up with the money figures? Costing millions ? get realistic, and just charge more to the people who actually pay for this crap, I don't have a hockey arena named after me ( bell center )or a baseball park ( rogers center ) Its all just a scam to make more.....greed will kill.

Actually the taxpayers shelled out 620+ million for the SkyDome and Rogers picked it up for 25 million so it's not like they can't afford a few million. They probably spend more than that on executive lunches and political kickbacks. I was a slave to cable once but I put up the rabbit ears and that was that. BTW. the ISPs are already screaming about bandwidth and TV.

**Victor Hugo** · August 9th, 2009

Thanks for the information.

GreatGiantHead · September 1st, 2009

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Satellite piracy costing TV industry billions
Toronto Star, Canada
At the heart of the problem are "Free To Air" satellite receivers that are widely available throughout Canada. While the possession of the equipment is not a crime, modifying it to access subscription signals is. Free to Air is a system widely ...

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It's typical of Bell to forecast billions of dollars in potential revenue based on yet another assumption, by the pompous SOB's, that everyone would purchase their ridiculously high priced services in the first place. I'd gladly pay for satellite service if it weren't so greedily priced and if they were to do something about their channel tier system. (like can the **** thing completely) The way they set up their tiers is such an obvious and blatant "gouging" technique". Get 4 crappy channels in order to get the 1 that appeals to you. Kiss my *** Bell. long live the coders!