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Originally Posted by UncleBooBoo
VM won't do anything anyway!
There have been a few of these threads yet nobody has ever come back and said what the outcome ever was, if they can find out that someone is using a chipped box then no doubt they would soon find out if that person was caught!!
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Yes, like I have said before, there's really no incentive for Virgin to go after individual users in this way. Even if you do phone in a tip, Virgin would have to invest considerable man-power in investigating the accusation. They can't just turn someone's cable off without proof, and if that person has a minimum subscription, maybe even broadband and phone, there's absolutely no reason for them to do anything about it. The only thing that makes sense to them is to go after people who make money selling hardware and services associated with cable piracy, or to do global hits through the encryption system, like they did a few weeks ago. There was a recent article somewhere about an Irish(?) trader, who had been prosecuted for selling pirate boxes, but that same article also said that the cable companies had never succesfully prosecuted any individual users. Even if they try, getting a conviction, even to the extent of a fine, is extremely difficult.