Awatmath.2258 net.misc utzoo!decvax!watmath!bstempleton Mon Apr 26 00:37:10 1982 TV dish receivers Laws banning such babies are a big subject of debate up here - You Americans have something to be worried about. The government tried to pass laws to ban owning such dishes, and even began confiscating some. They got so much bad press and trouble in the courts that they have backed off, though. There is some precedent - in most places it is illegal to have a receiver that can decode police scrambler systems, or to even have a police band radio in your car. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.