(a) No person, whether or not a subscriber to the cable television system, shall willfully, maliciously or otherwise damage or cause to be damaged any wire, cable, conduit, apparatus or equipment of the grantee, or commit an act with intent to cause such damage; tap, tamper with or otherwise connect any wire or device to any wire, cable, conduit, apparatus, appurtenance or equipment of the grantee with the intent to obtain a signal or impulse from the system without authorization from or compensation to the grantee; or obtain cable or other communications service with the intent to cheat or defraud the grantee or any lawful charge to which the grantee is entitled.
(b) No person shall tap, monitor or arrange for the tapping or monitoring of any cable, line, signal input device or subscriber outlet or receiver for any purpose whatsoever without the specific written authorization of the subscriber or pursuant to a court order. To the extent that the Village is authorized by law, no person who may be authorized to develop, operate and receive satellite signals from receivers shall transmit these signals by microwave or transmit any signal from permitted homes or business locations to any other person not a subscriber of the grantee or not otherwise legally entitled to receive such signals.
(c) The grantee shall establish a method or system for detecting unauthorized use of services and signals. The cost of detection and prosecution shall be borne by the grantee.
(Ord. 593. Passed 7-12-82; Ord. 598. Passed 8-23-82.)
(d) A person commits the offense of the unauthorized use of a television interception or decoding device if he or she knowingly attaches to, causes to be attached to, or incorporates in a television set, video tape recorder or other equipment designed to receive a television transmission or cable television service, a device that intercepts or decodes the transmission or the cable television service:
(1) With the intent to intercept or decode a transmission by a basic subscriber television service without the authorization of the provider of the service; or
(2) With the intent to obtain or use any cable television system which provides such cable television service.
The actual possession by a person of any device prescribed by this section shall be prima-facie evidence of a violation of this section by such person. However, this presumption shall not apply unless the person charged has received the direct benefit of the reduction of the cost of the cable television service or the basic subscription television service or has received remuneration for the conduct prescribed in this section.
(e) A person commits the offense of contributing to the unauthorized use of a television decoding or interception device when he or she knowingly manufactures, distributes or sells, for remuneration, and with the intent to aid an offense under subsection (d) hereof, a device, or a plan, kit or parts for a device, that intercepts or decodes a cable television service or a transmission by a basic subscription television service.
For the purposes of this section, the sale or distribution by a person of any device prescribed by subsection (d) hereof shall be prima-facie evidence of a violation of this section by such person, provided that such sale or distribution is made to a person who uses such device to intercept or decode a cable television service or a transmission by a subscription television service without the specific authorization of the provider of such cable television service or basic subscription television service.
(f) The Village and the grantee shall have the right to pursue other remedies pursuant to law, as the remedy of the penalty prescribed in Section 814.99 is not intended to be exclusive.
(Ord. 639. Passed 3-12-84.)