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<blockquote data-quote="Carlos" data-source="post: 50860" data-attributes="member: 176537">Hi PolomintI go along with most of what you say but would like to add that (as I understand it) there are many, many of these rebroadcasts taking place in Europe, in fact anywhere there are Brits and therefore its more than likely the same thing applies to other nationality ex-pats, its just that we don't know about it!Clearly the whole system is open to &quot;abuse&quot; and it seems that as as long as nobody is &quot;hurt&quot; and the goverments in question do not lose taxation or licence revenue then they turn a blind eye as they are resource limited.&nbsp; Afterall what's in it for them, why should they carry on a &quot;holy war&quot; against small-time TV re-transmission companies just because (in my opinion) the copyright people everywhere refuse to move with the times.&nbsp; They are the both the cause of the problem and the solution to it so I have very little sympathy for them.&nbsp; To me its dead simple, I live in the European Community, pay my taxes etc and have the right of free choice and (for example) to buy my car (the same car) in the country of my choice (remember how the cat maker's fight to maintain the the then status quo). Only TV companies seem to flout this &quot;free movement of goods &amp; services&quot;, and mostly American companies at that who kick up fuss though applying different rules to themselves at home.For myself I am willing to pay for the TV of my choice but the system does not facilitate it so like thousands of other ex-pats worldwide I am forced to resort to devious means.The sooner the EU gets its act together the sooner there will be less re-transmission and do not forget that anyone with a &quot;big dish &amp; a Sky card&quot; outside of the UK is committing exactly the same offence, the only difference is that with re-transmission one big dish is used to serve a number of people.&nbsp; The Teneriffe situation was quite different to most for several reasons and that is why the authorities acted, it should not be taken as an example of what is going to happen everywhere.Finally as I understand it ITV, C4 &amp; C5 although not FTA are &quot;Free to View&quot; and are not Sky channels, Sky merely act as Service Providers for them.Anyway I'm getting off my soap box (for now) and will finish by asking the technical gurus to please answer the technical questions raised in this forum.Carlos</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Carlos, post: 50860, member: 176537"] Hi Polomint I go along with most of what you say but would like to add that (as I understand it) there are many, many of these rebroadcasts taking place in Europe, in fact anywhere there are Brits and therefore its more than likely the same thing applies to other nationality ex-pats, its just that we don't know about it! Clearly the whole system is open to "abuse" and it seems that as as long as nobody is "hurt" and the goverments in question do not lose taxation or licence revenue then they turn a blind eye as they are resource limited. Afterall what's in it for them, why should they carry on a "holy war" against small-time TV re-transmission companies just because (in my opinion) the copyright people everywhere refuse to move with the times. They are the both the cause of the problem and the solution to it so I have very little sympathy for them. To me its dead simple, I live in the European Community, pay my taxes etc and have the right of free choice and (for example) to buy my car (the same car) in the country of my choice (remember how the cat maker's fight to maintain the the then status quo). Only TV companies seem to flout this "free movement of goods & services", and mostly American companies at that who kick up fuss though applying different rules to themselves at home. For myself I am willing to pay for the TV of my choice but the system does not facilitate it so like thousands of other ex-pats worldwide I am forced to resort to devious means. The sooner the EU gets its act together the sooner there will be less re-transmission and do not forget that anyone with a "big dish & a Sky card" outside of the UK is committing exactly the same offence, the only difference is that with re-transmission one big dish is used to serve a number of people. The Teneriffe situation was quite different to most for several reasons and that is why the authorities acted, it should not be taken as an example of what is going to happen everywhere. Finally as I understand it ITV, C4 & C5 although not FTA are "Free to View" and are not Sky channels, Sky merely act as Service Providers for them. Anyway I'm getting off my soap box (for now) and will finish by asking the technical gurus to please answer the technical questions raised in this forum. Carlos [/QUOTE]

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