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Viaccess fights back piracy
(From Sotires Eleftherious in Paris)
French satellite platform TPS has just carried out a major anti-piracy sweep with a new twist, catching up with those using pirate cards to override the Viaccess conditional access system and get full access to the platform while only paying a basic subscription.
TPS says the move has completely blocked the terminals in which a pirate card had been inserted recently. An error message on the screen invites the viewer to call the TPS call center on an expensive premium rate number. TPS has also instructed all its distributors not to swap out any terminals that have been blocked in this way. When the number is called the viewer is identified and the subscription details checked. He is then given a code to enter to unblock the terminal. The code is specific to each subscriber. TPS keeps a list of the subscribers involved so will be able to keep track of any who try to renew the procedure several times. It has also knocked out all the 'lost' or 'stolen' terminals - mainly rental terminals taken from supermarkets using a false address.
A few weeks earlier Viaccess carried out a trial of this approach on certain networks of cable operator Noos, which also uses the same access control system and similar terminals (albeit in a cable version) to TPS.
This method has the advantage of curbing piracy without going to the expense of a full card swap out.
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