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broadcast encryption

> The US is a signatory to the International Telecommunications Union
> (ITU) treaties that allocate various parts of the radio spectrum for
> different uses around the world. One of those treaties (or some part
> of one; I forget which) prohibits the use of encryption to "obscure
> meaning." 

So how is it that the satellite companies are allowed to encrypt their
signals, while individuals are not?  Another example where
corporations have greater rights than individuals?

	--Paul