Si alguien obtiene televisión por cable sin pagar, está cometiendo un delito. Esto incluye hacer trucos para verlo gratis o usar dispositivos ilegales para desbloquear señales.
Es como si alguien entrara a tu casa y se llevara tu comida sin pedir permiso. Tú pagaste por la comida y no es justo que otros la tomen gratis.
Imagina que Juan ve televisión por cable sin pagar. Él conecta un dispositivo que roba la señal de su vecino, pensando que no hay problema. Si lo descubren, podría enfrentar una multa y tener que pagarle a la compañía de cable.
Multas de hasta mil dólares y posibles daños triples más honorarios legales.
CHAPTER 12.1-23.1 THEFT OF CABLE TELEVISION 12.1-23.1-01. Theft of cable television services - Penalty. A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person: 1. Knowingly obtains or attempts to obtain cable television service from another by any means, artifice, trick, deception, or device without the payment to the cable television operator of all lawful compensation for each type of service obtained; 2. Knowingly assists or instructs any other person in obtaining or attempting to obtain any cable television service without the payment to the cable television operator of all lawful compensation for each type of service obtained or attempted to be obtained; 3. Knowingly tampers, diverts from, or connects to by any means, whether mechanical, electrical, acoustical or other means, any cables, wires, or other devices used for the distribution of cable television without authority from the cable television operator; or 4. Knowingly manufactures, imports into this state, distributes, sells, offers for sale or rental, possesses for sale, or advertises for sale, any device, plan or kit for a device, or printed circuit, designed to unlock, decode, descramble, or otherwise make intelligible any locked, encoded, scrambled, or other nonstandard signal carried by the cable television system, thereby facilitating the doing of any acts specified in subsections 1, 2, and 3. 12.1-23.1-02. Civil penalties for theft of cable television services. 1. Any person who violates subsection 1, 2, or 3 of section 12.1 -23.1-01 is liable to the franchised or otherwise duly licensed cable television system for the greater of one thousand dollars or three times the amount of actual damages, if any, sustained by the system, plus reasonable attorney fees. 2. Any person
Se considera robo si obtienes servicios de cable sin pagar, ayudas a otros a hacerlo, o manipulas los cables de la compañía.
Las multas pueden ser de hasta mil dólares o más, dependiendo de los daños y si usaste dispositivos ilegales.
Sí, si ayudas a alguien a obtener servicios de cable sin pagar, puedes ser demandado y enfrentar penalidades.
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