Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, May 29, 1990 TAG: 9005290219
SECTION: EDITORIAL PAGE: A6 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
He is correct in that satellite-TV piracy is theft. Billions of dollars were spent by our government to perfect the technology now usurped by the satellite-cable TV industry. Why doesn't the industry pay back those billions of our tax dollars spent for developing the technology they now use? Here lies the real piracy.
The industry is using this technology to bombard us from overhead with TV signals from satellites. It threatens prosecution for intercepting these signals from the satellite that are beamed at us without our permission and developed by billions of our dollars. It looks to me as if Congress has sold out to the industry, passing laws to prosecute the taxpayer for watching what his taxpayer money paid for.
Can a higher code of ethics be expected from the cable-satellite TV-viewing public than the record shows the industry has exhibited? Free TV looks better every day.
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