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Julian Hall wrote: > Except that no terrestrial TV is by subscription... at least I can't > think of any. With digital I would think the service provider has to > keep checking that everyone watching the programme is a valid > subscriber, or not? Except channels that are Freeview of course, and > there I agree with your points :) I'd forgotten Freeview. AFAIK the subscriber validation is done on the STB. There's no data going from the subscriber to the broadcaster (or, there doesn't have to be, at least). James -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html