From: frissell@panix.com
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 09:22:59 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: CanadaBanAna Censors US TV (and bans decryption)
In-Reply-To: <199707270408.GAA12295@basement.replay.com>
Message-ID: <3.0.2.32.19970729210935.03611ad0@panix.com>
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>   In this judgment, it is illegal for a Canadian to watch HBO and scores
>   of other channels now available in the United States -- even if the
>   service is paid for -- on the grounds that the federal
>   Radiocommunication Act makes it illegal. The act says no person shall
>   decode an encrypted signal without paying for the service and without
>   authorization of the person who has the lawful right in Canada to
>   transmit the signal.

Looks like another case for the WTO.

Canadians have been buying gray market service from Direct TV for a while 
now.  Hard to stop.

DCF
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