MultiChoice answers questions about password sharing after IPTV arrests

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DStv password sharing in South Africa

South African subscribers can share their legitimate DStv login credentials with other users without concerns about contravening any laws.

The practice is even permitted explicitly under the service's terms and conditions — albeit with some important exceptions.
 
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The only instance in which sharing login details would be a violation of DStv’s terms of service is if the user received or charged money, favour, or other consideration for allowing access to their subscription.

DStv considers this a “Prohibited” act under its terms and conditions but it is not a crime.

That means that if DStv discovers a user has done this, it could suspend that customer’s account.
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BBSA said:
If two individuals share a subscription, with one person paying the full amount and the other reimbursing him for his half, would this be considered prohibited?
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Yeah, apparently. But all that has to be done then is to keep quiet about it.
 
“The login details we mentioned are the ones given by the pirate operator to their customers, letting them access the pirate app and watch infringing content unlawfully,” MultiChoice said.
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So by their own admission, Multichoice broadcasts infringing content? :unsure:
 
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