Satellite-tv provider canal digital has this week, about fifty smartcards will be deactivated because of card sharing. Also, the company has as test a number of smart cards deactivated to see if these are still in use.
The share of smart cards canal digital been a thorn in the eye. The company therefore has a third-party is asked to illegally shared smart cards to detect. It was reportedly used a backdoor in the cc-cam system. The research produced a list of approximately fifty smart cards. Who are this week’s deactivated, for example, information that is Tweakers.net has received.
If the owners of these smart cards to the helpdesk of canal digital to ask them why their map is not working, they pointed to the discovered cardsharefraude. According to canal digital is cardsharing in conflict with article 53, 54 and 55 of the general terms and conditions of the company. This keep in that the satellite signal from canal digital no may be shared with third parties. On violation of these rules is in accordance with the general terms and conditions of an immediately payable penalty of euro 1000 per violation per day.
Illegal you that their signal is on black and go as a result of the deactivation of the smart card, get the helpdesk advice to to purchase a subscription to use the services of canal digital to be able to continue to use. These persons can be recognized because they have no valid smartcardnummer.
In addition to the deactivation of smart cards due to cardsharing, canal digital in the past month, a number of cards ended with a so-called STD-EN package. Of these cards, where only the television channels of the Public Broadcaster and free-to-air channels with it can be viewed, can not be ascertained whether they are still in use. On the basis of responses of completed clients try the satellite provider now to find out how many of these customers have their card yet. The complainants are asked if they have a subscription want to take.
[update 22-09-2011]: Section about cardsharing in the privesfeer and that Canal Digital itself a package offering removed. That information did not make sense.