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From: lauren@vortex.UUCP.UUCP
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Subject: HBO pirate
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Date: Wed, 7-May-86 13:36:32 EDT
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The pirate "simply" captured the transponder with ordinary, unscrambled
video.  When the far-end decoders sensed the loss of scrambling, they 
switched to "clear" mode and passed the video directly.  The pirate almost
certainly was at a commercial uplink point and not using homemade 
equipment.  Finding him or her would be exceedingly complex unless someone
associated with the person starts bragging.

--Lauren--