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mhurronyesterday at 7:29 PM2 repliesview on HN

My falther-in-law was less that and more, if I can get away with it, it's actually legal. Many know their fake, and do it because they can get away with it.

That was his justification for a satellite descrambler, they're sending me the signals, obviously I'm allowed to.


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brewdadyesterday at 9:02 PM

There's an old Carlin joke about "If a cop didn't see it, I didn't do it."

mmoossyesterday at 8:54 PM

I can imagine many on HN having excited discussions about their satellite descramblers.

> do it because they can get away with it.

Lots of people on HN download and upload copyrighted materials. Is it really different?

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