<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/2/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">UxBoD</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:uxbod@splatnix.net" target="_blank">uxbod@splatnix.net</a>> wrote:
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">So what is the bottom line on this then ? Can I legally watch the free channels using my Sky card through a DVB-S card, and use MythTV as the PVR ?
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<div>The legal situation is grey, not black and white. The EU has separately opined in the past that consumers should have choice with regards CAMs (the EU in general being pro-competition).</div>
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<div>As far as I'm concerned - as long as I'm paying Sky their full dues, not viewing channels I'm not paying for and have satisfied my 1 year contract to have the box plugged into a telephone cable - how I choose to watch my Sky is my business. I currently pay them £35 per month (including Sports, etc), and if I were not able to use my CAM, I'd go to a Freeview (OTA) solution as an alternative, so they'd be £35 WORSE off. I would feel quite confident in a court of law passing the 'reasonable man' test.
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<div>Your biggest risk, imho, is that Sky change their NDS encryption making your CAM worthless in the future - but by that point Freesat will hopefully have launched.</div>
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<div>Anyhow - the list 'owners' don't like matters of dubious legality being discussed - so I'll rest my case there, and suggest that it's up to each person to decide where grey is for them.</div></div>