[Tfug] OT: Cox cable

[keith smith]

It does in the case where the wifi is connected to the cable modem.  The cable modem is authorized for the use of the account holder only.  How you attach is irrelevant.  If you are not the subscriber to the cable account I think the below sited Arizona statue applies.  

Example:  If I connect a cable splitter to the cable coming out of the cable box at my neighbor's house and run that split to my house I'm sure that would be considered cable theft.

I am connected to an authorized box however I am not the account holder.

I think intent comes into play here.  What is my intent.  Given the above example it would be to deprive the cable company of their fees or to save myself some money in doing so.

That opens another statute :

13-1802. Theft; classification

A. A person commits theft if, without lawful authority, the person knowingly:
13-1802.6. Obtains services known to the defendant to be available only for compensation without paying or an agreement to pay the compensation or diverts another's services to the person's own or another's benefit without authority to do so.

Keep in mind that while this is a misdemeanor if under $1000, however if cable internet service is $50/mo then at 20 months it could become a class 6 felony.

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Keith


Tyler Kilian <vaca at GrazeLand.COM> wrote: It doesn't attach to the cable system, it attaches to the cable modem, 
which is an authorized device.

Tyler

On Jan 27, 2007, at 1:27 PM, keith smith wrote:

> Check this out.  If the wifi is connected to a cable provider it could 
> be a misdemeanor under Arizona law:
>
>
>      A.  Any person who with the intent to defraud another of any part 
> of the lawful  charge for services that are provided over or by a 
> licensed cable television system as  defined in section 9-505, makes 
> any unauthorized connection, whether physically,  electrically, 
> acoustically, inductively or otherwise, or attaches any unauthorized 
> device  or devices to any cable, wire, microwave or other component of 
> a licensed cable  television system, to a television set or to any 
> other instrument that is authorized to  be attached to a cable 
> television system is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
>
>
> The Law
>
>
>
> bigj at flatwan.net wrote: >> Prison don't scare me ;)
>>
>> But with the RIAA, MPAA, and now Windows genuine advantage suing
>> people left and right, eventually people will wise up, encrypt their
>> networks, and there will be eventual e-mail request for tfuggers to
>> put in their 5 bucks to post bail for bigj:)
>>
>
> The prisons don't scare me. It's the unwanted sex that does.
>
> Do you really think manufacturers will make configuring wireless AP's 
> and
> connecting to them afterwards easier? The optimist in me says yes but 
> the
> realist says no.
>
> --
> Jon
>
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