Tien wrote:
The Vendor told him - that when a movie or whatever is digitized and then transmitted to / through a satellite, that whoever has access to that satellite can get it... so if movie, etc. is transmitting via satellite to get it to the vendor that will be making the DVDs - according to them, it's fair game.
A couple of things. First, do you really imagine we live in a world where "if you can get your hands on it, it's fair game" when it comes to corporate profit and intellectual property? Then there would be no such thing as music piracy and cable descramblers would be totally legal. That you can somehow intercept a sattlite signal and - for free- enjoy the content and that's perfectly legal?
The fact that its being sold at a faire and not best buy should also be a red flag for you.
The box itself is not illegal, any more than your computer is illegal. So selling it is fine. But once you, the user, install the channels that stream copywritten content, you're breaking the law. I don't really care about this for a moral perspective and there are certainly ways around getting caught doing this.
I guess there's the possiblity that I am wrong as I don't know this device personally. But I know internet streaming boxes and I know loads of user created channels that allow you to stream torrented illegal content. So my best guess, and i think it's solid, is this is a combination of those things. Not trying to waive you off of it, just making sure you know what you're buying.