Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watarts.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watarts!mupmalis From: mupmalis@watarts.UUCP (M. A. Upmalis) Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Re: Query on satellite TV in Canada Message-ID: <8545@watarts.UUCP> Date: Fri, 20-Sep-85 14:02:14 EDT Article-I.D.: watarts.8545 Posted: Fri Sep 20 14:02:14 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 21-Sep-85 04:03:12 EDT References: <6638@ucla-cs.ARPA> <6821@ucla-cs.ARPA> Reply-To: mupmalis@watarts.UUCP (M. A. Upmalis) Distribution: net Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 34 Summary: In article <6821@ucla-cs.ARPA> wales@ucla-cs.UUCP (Rich Wales) writes: > >Is it legal in Canada for someone to set up a TVRO 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 pending in the courts? > The situation is a tad muddier than just being before the courts. The Feds who control communications have said that they will not prosecute private owners of dishes and a trip in the countryside will result in a healthy number of dishes, the rural use of dishes is a fixed fact and if there is still a law in the books, it doesn't matter. If there are any municipalities with laws about the esthetics of dishes I haven't heard about them and there is one in a neighbourhood near mine ina medium size (160,000+) city. The feds have been have trouble in the with erstatz cable distributors. Cable licenses are granted by the feds and certain requirements are required however there was a case recently in British Columbia, of a man distributing American Signals pirated off satellites, it is illegal for him to distribute Canadian Signals but with his setup the law is less precise, he hasn't been convicted but the case hasn't been settled. One problem is that some of what happens is under regulation as opposed to law and there is some discretion. This is a general view of the situation in Canada, I'll try to post some more specific answers if people are interested, I would have to do some research. -- Mike Upmalis (mupmalis@watarts) ihnp4!watmath!watarts!mupmalis This sentence has threee erors. Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com