The actual Statutory Instrument is here:
http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/s...0032498.htm#24
Quote:
(1) A person commits an offence if he -
(a) manufactures for sale or hire, or
(b) imports otherwise than for his private and domestic use, or
(c) in the course of a business -
(i) sells or lets for hire, or
(ii) offers or exposes for sale or hire, or
(iii) advertises for sale or hire, or
(iv) possesses, or
(v) distributes, or
(d) distributes otherwise than in the course of a business to such an extent as to affect prejudicially the copyright owner, any device, product or component which is primarily designed, produced, or adapted for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the circumvention of effective technological measures.
(2) A person commits an offence if he provides, promotes, advertises or markets -
(a) in the course of a business, or
(b) otherwise than in the course of a business to such an extent as to affect prejudicially the copyright owner, a service the purpose of which is to enable or facilitate the circumvention of effective technological measures.
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I guess it all depends whether you can argue that the device is designed
not just to defeat Macrovision - which is why many are advertised as 'video enhancers'. Advertising something as a 'Macrovision defeater' is clearly illegal.