Editing Pirate decryption (section)

{{Short description|Decoding of pay TV or pay radio signals}}
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{{Original research|date=November 2010}}
{{More citations needed|date=November 2009}}
{{Technical|date=November 2012}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
'''Pirate decryption''' is the [[decryption]], or decoding, of [[pay TV]] or pay radio signals without permission from the original broadcaster. The term "pirate" is used in the sense of [[copyright infringement]]. The [[Motion Picture Association of America|MPAA]] and other groups which lobby in favour of [[intellectual property]] (specifically [[copyright]] and trademark) regulations have labelled such decryption as "signal theft"<ref>[http://www.mpaa.org/piracy_other.asp mpaa.org], [[Motion Picture Association of America]] - Who Are Movie Thieves?</ref> and object to it, arguing that losing out on a potential [[market capitalization|chance to profit]] from a [[consumer]]'s subscription fees counts as a loss of actual profit.