MultiChoice cracking down on pirate streaming in South Africa

Wife’s got DStv for her work so we have the streaming on our tv at home and I don’t think I’ve even switched it on since the olympics.

Currently watching TNT 3 in FHD on IPTV :whistling:
 
Sjoe, what a reach and use of mental gymnastics to get this all from this section of the act:

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I really doubt that a "consumer" of "pirated content" can be held liable under this act.
 
Grubscrew said:
Sjoe, what a reach and use of mental gymnastics to get this all from this section of the act:

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I really doubt that a "consumer" of "pirated content" can be held liable under this act.
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Just how are they going to prove point 3.3 - many studios actually offer some of their content free on places like tubitv.com , so how are we supposed to just know what is / isn't available, by who, under what conditions, and so on. Ridiculous notion.

What may be coming is controlled internet, or that's the plan of many a power abuser anyway. Otherwise clearly a frikken ;) clutching at straws.. done.
 
Swa said:
I'm wondering if it has any effect. Will any of those subscribers pay for the service or is this just an academic exercise?
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As their prices have stayed high, we would not know, nè. Used their app recently, didn't work correctly, every other app worked perfectly on the same device. If we asked them to fix the app, would we use it, or would it be academic only.
 
Going to be catching those that are technically challenged and not those with a few technological inclined brain cells. i.e they not going to catch the big fish, just a few innocents who wandered into deeper waters.
 
ectoplasm said:
Having tried at a friend's place, we doubt it's fixable. If Canal+ takes over, sure the app is the first thing they'll cancel, and replace it with their app, sporting a DSTV theme.
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I don't think we know half of it. Programmers that worked with their decoders say the hardware and code bases used is such that you can't change one thing without also making two other changes somewhere else or something like that. Some of it probably to do with their own proprietary encryption.

This is why their decoders keep losing functionality and gaining bugs while some things they simply choose not to fix. In order to fix everything they'd need to go to a different base architecture which management probably won't approve.
 
Swa said:
I don't think we know half of it. Programmers that worked with their decoders say the hardware and code bases used is such that you can't change one thing without also making two other changes somewhere else or something like that. Some of it probably to do with their own proprietary encryption.

This is why their decoders keep losing functionality and gaining bugs while some things they simply choose not to fix. In order to fix everything they'd need to go to a different base architecture which management probably won't approve.
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And another angle - some feedback from (other?) programmers suggests a big part of the problem is they're all part-time, MC won't actually hire them.
Very stable environment that.. /s
 
Swa said:
I don't think we know half of it. Programmers that worked with their decoders say the hardware and code bases used is such that you can't change one thing without also making two other changes somewhere else or something like that. Some of it probably to do with their own proprietary encryption.

This is why their decoders keep losing functionality and gaining bugs while some things they simply choose not to fix. In order to fix everything they'd need to go to a different base architecture which management probably won't approve.
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Unfortunately this- and I work alongside one of their former employees. That code is a schitshow. The bug they gained was the audio one, they have tried to fix it for years to no avail.
 
Brian_G said:
And another angle - some feedback from (other?) programmers suggests a big part of the problem is they're all part-time, MC won't actually hire them.
Very stable environment that.. /s
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Correct. Everything is fixed term contract based and people leave all the time, more so when they see what a dumpster fire the code is and they just leave. Also no benefits, no job security.
 
I'm over here Multichoice, come get me 😈

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PaulMurkin said:
Unfortunately this- and I work alongside one of their former employees. That code is a schitshow. The bug they gained was the audio one, they have tried to fix it for years to no avail.
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That bug affects CBS Reality quite often. Sometimes there is no audio at all and sometimes it just freezes.

Another long term bug is the subtitles on Nat Geo. It's so slow that half the text goes missing. I have a deaf relative that needs subtitles.

But I'm paying for these and DSTV just ignores the problems.
 
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