Regulación sobre el uso no autorizado de señales de televisión por cable

Explicación Simple

Si tratas de ver televisión de manera gratuita al hackear señales que no son tuyas, puedes meterte en problemas. Esto se considera un delito y podrías pagar una multa.

Es como si intentaras entrar a una fiesta privada sin invitación. Aunque te diviertas, si te atrapan, el dueño de la casa puede pedirte que te vayas y, además, podrías enfrentar consecuencias.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, un residente de Carolina del Norte, decide instalar un dispositivo para ver canales de cable premium sin pagar. Si la compañía de cable lo descubre, puede demandarlo y hacerle pagar una multa de hasta $1,000, además de otros costos.

Penalidades

Multas de hasta $500 o $1,000 según la infracción; posibles daños civiles.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

ode or descramble any encoded or scrambled signal transmitted by such cable television system, is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor which may include a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00). The term "encoded or scrambled signal" shall include any signal or transmission that is not intended to produce an intelligible program or service without the aid of a decoder, descrambler, filter, trap or other electronic or mechanical device. (c) Any cable television system may institute a civil action to enjoin and restrain any violation of this section, and in addition, such cable television system shall be entitled to civil damages in the following amounts: (1) For each violation of subsection (a), three hundred dollars ($300.00) or three times the amount of actual damages, if any, sustained by the plaintiff, whichever amount is greater. (2) For each violation of subsection (b), one thousand dollars ($1,000) or three times the amount of actual damages, if any, sustained by the plaintiff, whichever amount is greater. (d) It is not a necessary prerequisite to a civil action instituted pursuant to this section that the plaintiff has suffered or will suffer actual damages. (e) Proof that any equipment, cable, wire, decoder, converter or device of a cable television system was modified, removed, altered, tampered with or connected without the consent of such cable system in violation of this section shall be prima facie evidence that such action was taken knowingly and willfully