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