In a recent vote, the Federal Communications Commission decided that cable companies should be allowed to encrypt their basic cable signals. Among other things, that now means that if you’re a cable Internet subscriber and have been getting cable TV without paying for it—your days are numbered.
In its Friday vote, the FCC said that the move would reduce the number of visits by cable technicians and would prevent “service theft.” However, it will also eliminate the use of open set-top boxes that can capture TV content directly.
When is the government not siding with big business? LOL Encryption killed the 3rd party boxes and even the computer cards but heck, they dont pay the government enough in lobbying fees to matter.
I honestly dont care about those “free” channels since if you are low income and can not afford cable then how can you afford a tv and electricity? Oh wait, the government pays for it – what a world.