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From: hazard@ihuxe.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.legal,net.video
Subject: The law and cable tv
Message-ID: <392@ihuxe.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Oct-83 10:51:53 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 24 10:51:53 1983
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Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, Il
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Someone mentioned laws about modifying a cable tv hook-up, be  it
for  FM, de-scramblers or whatever.  Can someone post some quotes
from these laws?  I would like to know what legal  authority  the
cable  companies have.  I was always under the impression that if
they didn't like what I did with their cable the most they  could
do  was  deny  service.  If there are any specific laws, are they
state or federal?  (do they vary from state to state) Since  they
are  providing  a wire to my house, are they governed by the same
laws as telephone companies?

When I subscribed there was no paperwork stating "Thou shall  not
tinker".   The only thing I signed was my check for $6 per month.
I don't want to have to call them just to have the TV moved.