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Federal body pulls plug on illegal TV viewers
Tuesday, Jul 13, 2010
Gulf News
Regulatory authority says it will protect pay channels’ rights on the internet
Dubai Federal authorities have unplugged television viewers who descramble pay TV channels by downloading illegal pay TV encryption codes from the internet.
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) claims it is now the first country in the world to block websites that provide black market pay TV encryption data to viewers who use the information to bypass scrambled satellite and cable signals.
The new measures will “protect intellectual property rights,” the authority said.
This illegal action infringes intellectual property rights of others and violates federal laws, many consumers fall victims for such illegal activity.”
Some global estimates say that four out of 10 pay-for-TV movies watched are done through illegal acquisition of content.
According to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), “Signal theft refers to the act of illegally misappropriating satellite signals without authorisation.”
“Those involved with signal theft often provide consumers with illegal cable decoders or satellite descramblers in order to provide unauthorised access to satellite broadcasts,” said the MPAA.
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By Derek Baldwin?Business Features Reporter
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