So cel.phone/cordless phone/wireless ethernet transmissions are all public domain? There's got to be a line somewhere where you can say "this is public domain and that is not." Hughes pays to put up satellites with the assumption that they'll get their money back with subscriber fees and advertising.
You say "once a vendor *vends a product* they can't control its resale" -- broadcasting the signal isn't the same as selling it. For them, the sale occurs with the little card, not the signal itself. They sell the means to view the signal, so someone who circumvents that is "stealing" the card, and therefore the service that Hughes provides paying customers. I doubt anyone here agrees with me on this, but just because it's out there doesn't mean it's yours.
Right... the satellite receiver and the service are two different things. As far as I can tell, the satellite receiver isn't what was destroyed, just the card. The card itself is probably relatively cheap, if not free with service(I don't know...I've never checked).
Not only that; when you bought the receiver, it probably came with a contract that stated that you won't use the receiver to get channels you don't pay for and by using the receiver you implicitly agree to that contract. (Again I don't know if that's how DTC does it, but I'd be suprised if they didn't) What you bought is a hunk of metal that is supposed to do nothing without service, which you bought seperately. The card is the service; the receiver is nothing because you buy it seperately.
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So cel.phone/cordless phone/wireless ethernet transmissions are all public domain? There's got to be a line somewhere where you can say "this is public domain and that is not." Hughes pays to put up satellites with the assumption that they'll get their money back with subscriber fees and advertising.
You say "once a vendor *vends a product* they can't control its resale" -- broadcasting the signal isn't the same as selling it. For them, the sale occurs with the little card, not the signal itself. They sell the means to view the signal, so someone who circumvents that is "stealing" the card, and therefore the service that Hughes provides paying customers. I doubt anyone here agrees with me on this, but just because it's out there doesn't mean it's yours.
Right ... the satellite receiver and the service are two different things. As far as I can tell, the satellite receiver isn't what was destroyed, just the card. The card itself is probably relatively cheap, if not free with service(I don't know...I've never checked).
Not only that; when you bought the receiver, it probably came with a contract that stated that you won't use the receiver to get channels you don't pay for and by using the receiver you implicitly agree to that contract. (Again I don't know if that's how DTC does it, but I'd be suprised if they didn't) What you bought is a hunk of metal that is supposed to do nothing without service, which you bought seperately. The card is the service; the receiver is nothing because you buy it seperately.