Thread: Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes?
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Old 07-11-2009, 22:16   #580
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Re: Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes?
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Originally Posted by Reedy View Post
How legal is that as a viewer?
It depends, if you're watching things that are screened on UK tv, then the same as if you connected a dodgy box. If you're watching something that isn't, I'd argue not very, as the only areas of law that I can think of that deal with it would be obtaining a broadcast to avoid payment, which if you're watching stuff that's not shown on British TV (such as saturday 3pm kick offs) then you can't be avoiding payment as there's no way to pay for them.

Copyright law which is what this deals with in the uk is 90% about the people who make things available, and not those that use for private use unless they're causing someone to lose money.
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