Robo de servicios de televisión por suscripción

Explicación Simple

Robar servicios de televisión por suscripción significa que alguien intenta ver canales pagando menos o nada. Esto puede incluir hacer trucos para conseguir la señal sin permiso de la compañía.

Es como si alguien entrara a una fiesta sin ser invitado y se pusiera a disfrutar de la comida y la música sin pagar por la entrada.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan quiere ver un partido de fútbol en un canal de pago, pero no quiere pagar la suscripción. Entonces, conecta un dispositivo que roba la señal de ese canal, sin que la compañía lo sepa. Esto es un robo de servicios de televisión.

Penalidades

El robo de servicios de televisión por suscripción es considerado un delito menor grave.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

RCW 9A.56.220 - Theft of subscription television services (1) A person is guilty of theft of subscription television services if, with intent to avoid payment of the lawful charge of a subscription television service, he or she:(a) Obtains or attempts to obtain subscription television service from a subscription television service company by trick, artifice, deception, use of a device or decoder, or other fraudulent means without authority from the company providing the service;(b) Assists or instructs a person in obtaining or attempting to obtain subscription television service without authority of the company providing the service;(c) Makes or maintains a connection or connections, whether physical, electrical, mechanical, acoustical, or by other means, with cables, wires, components, or other devices used for the distribution of subscription television services without authority from the company providing the services;(d) Makes or maintains a modification or alteration to a device installed with the authorization of a subscription television service company for the purpose of interception or receiving a program or other service carried by the company that the person is not authorized by the company to receive; or(e) Possesses without authority a device designed in whole or in part to receive subscription television services offered for sale by the subscription television service company, regardless of whether the program or services are encoded, filtered, scrambled, or otherwise made unintelligible, or to perform or facilitate the performance of any other acts set out in (a) through (d) of this subsection for the reception of subscription television services without authority.(2) Theft of subscription television services is a gross misdemeanor.