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Pirate decryption
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<p> Pirate decryption is the <a href="/facts/Decryption/16q29Fdv">decryption</a>, or decoding, of <a href="/facts/Pay_TV/AhMoaP69">pay TV</a> or pay radio signals without permission from the original broadcaster. The term "pirate" is used in the sense of <a href="/facts/Copyright_infringement/33JDsS5S">copyright infringement</a>. The <a href="/facts/Motion_Picture_Association_of_America/QHz4RQIN">MPAA</a> and other groups which lobby in favour of <a href="/facts/Intellectual_property/PqHW9mVP">intellectual property</a> (specifically <a href="/facts/Copyright/7GHEWEx9">copyright</a> and trademark) regulations have labelled such decryption as "signal theft" and object to it, arguing that losing out on a potential <a href="/facts/Market_capitalization/LhcMMLHs">chance to profit</a> from a <a href="/facts/Consumer/dMflnQGX">consumer</a>'s subscription fees counts as a loss of actual profit. </p>