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Originally Posted by TraxData
Nope, it aint.
As you said, your decrypting the signal, your not taking it anywhere, the signal is already going into the house, the only illegal thing your doing is decrypting the signals, which is not theft, no matter what way you look at it.
How can you steal a signal to which is already being transmitted to the house/any box you may have? you cant.
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You are not taking anything physical, you are stealing a service. The OED does not define stealing as taking something physical and Merriam Webster specifically includes services in it's definition of theft.