[Discuss] OT: HD TV capture and bittorrent

Adam Parkin pzelnip at gmail.com
Tue Mar 27 10:07:39 PST 2007


Andrew Willard wrote:
> You answered your own question. Breaking the encryption is the only
> way to get around this in Canada. Cable companies here encrypt all
> the digital channels preventing anything (PC, Myth, etc) and anyone
> from recording the shows other than their own PVR's.

I'm curious if anybody knows the legal status of breaking the encryption 
in Canada.  It's my understanding that in the US it's illegal due to the 
DMCA, but does anybody know about up here (since the DMCA applies only 
to the US)?
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