Macau Court Whacks Government Over Cable Piracy

Macau Court Whacks Government Over Cable Piracy:

A Macau appeals court was highly critical of government inaction over the continuing problem of cable piracy by the “antenna companies” servicing most of the SAR’s apartment buildings. Authorities “should intervene in order to prevent the continuation of these illegal activities,” the judges wrote. The government has taken the position that it’s up to legal operator Macau Cable TV to solve its own problems. Macau Cable filed suit against the companies, but the court said the ultimate responsibility lay with the SAR government: the court said the Administration must “put an end to this situation; it’s bizarre and degrading to the government’s own authority.”

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