Patrick Elliott wrote:
> could argue that everything *prior* to the addition of those was fair 
> game, more or less, if you could engineer the means to see it, 

If it's coming into your house and there aren't laws about it, then sure. 
And indeed, that's generally how it was looked upon. But then the 
politicians passed laws making it illegal to build/use/etc a receiver for 
the frequencies which were reserved for people paying for content.

> something about the people that just happened to know how to make a 
> receiver (or bought one, for legit use).

I don't know where encryption comes into it, then. You could equally say 
"fair game for people who know how to break the encryption", which is 
exactly what the DMCA is addressing.

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