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Quoth · 02-26-2023, 04:52 AM

It would be theft if it was possible. But you'd never get charged with theft, but sued with copyright violation as theft has fixed maximum penalties and copyright cases have no limit.

Here in Ireland it's "Theft of service" to tap into cable TV and use 3rd party card & box to view. To save legal costs they might just bill someone for premium service back to the time they moved into their dwelling.
If the provider of the gear was charged with theft they'd face about €6,000 fine. Instead they take a civil case and the result is usually €100,000 plus all related electronic gear seized.

Misusing a website is legally identical.

02-26-2023, 04:52 AM	#3
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,339 Karma: 105899727 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	It would be theft if it was possible. But you'd never get charged with theft, but sued with copyright violation as theft has fixed maximum penalties and copyright cases have no limit. Here in Ireland it's "Theft of service" to tap into cable TV and use 3rd party card & box to view. To save legal costs they might just bill someone for premium service back to the time they moved into their dwelling. If the provider of the gear was charged with theft they'd face about €6,000 fine. Instead they take a civil case and the result is usually €100,000 plus all related electronic gear seized. Misusing a website is legally identical. Last edited by Quoth; 02-26-2023 at 04:59 AM.