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From: wales@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Query on satellite TV in Canada
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Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 18:43:36 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 21 18:43:36 1985
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Given the recent surge in popularity of home satellite TV reception
setups in the US -- and the recent court decisions here which have made
such setups basically legal -- I was wondering what the situation is
"north of the border".

Is it legal in Canada for someone to set up a dish on his property and
pick up satellite TV?  Does the answer to this question vary from one
province (or even city) to another?  Are things still "up in the air"
(no pun intended) due to key cases still being in the courts?

I am thinking primarily of well-populated areas where broadcast and/or
cable TV is already available (albeit not with the same variety of
programming as one could get from a satellite dish).  I realize that
the CBC already uses satellites to beam its programming to otherwise
inaccessible areas.
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