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Originally Posted by FreeCableFor8Yrs
Noob, Virgin cant do [anything] apart from take you to private court.
[MOD EDIT - Inappropriate attempt to get around swear filter]
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Fraud Act 2006:You can get taken to a criminal court for obtaining subscription TV services by deception. Once there you can get a fine or some time in jail.
Although I can't say I'm surprised you didn't know this.
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Originally Posted by TheDon
Wrong.
It's not counted as theft at all.
It's counted as "fraudulently receiving programmes" in section 297 of the copyright designs and patents act (1988), with the maximum punishment being "a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale."
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Wrong. This has been superseded by the Fraud Act 2006, which deliberately treats intent to gain by deception as essentially the same sort of behaviour as is governed by the Theft Act.