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Cable TV, internet tapping gets 5-year prison sentence

President Benigno Aquino III recently signed into law Republic Act No. 10515, also known as the Anti-Cable Television and Cable Internet Tapping Act of 2013, which prohibits and penalizes cable TV and cable internet tapping.

Image Source: UNTVWEB

Image Source: UNTVWEB

Republic Act No. 10515, which was signed by the President on April 17, 2013, is an act that prohibits and penalizes unauthorized interception, reception or use of any signal or service over a cable television system or cable internet system and/or network. The Act aims to protect the Cable Television and Cable Internet Industries from cable pilferage.

Offenders of this Act shall be punished with imprisonment of not less than two (2) years but not more than five (5) years or a fine of not less than Fifty thousand pesos (Php50,000) nor more than One hundred thousand pesos (Php100,000) or both.

In other words, if you have cable TV or cable internet services with illegal connection, you could now end up in jail.

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Editor’s Note: It was brought to our attention that the image used in this post was not credited to its owner. We like to clarify that such action was not intentional and is unlikely to happen again. In line with this, we are giving the credit where it is due as seen on the lower portion of the image.

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This article was written by Louie Diangson, Managing Editor of YugaTech. You can follow him at @John_Louie.

49 Responses

  1. Avatar for jbc jbc says:

    may naka tap smin na kapitbahay … nireport q na and until now waiting pa din sa technical te ng Destiny … ang kaso prang hindi pinapriority … sana umaksyon din agad … kawawa ang mga subscribet … nagbabayad

  2. Avatar for twinkled girl twinkled girl says:

    naalala ko yung kapitbahay namin, nalaman namin nagtap sa cable namin nung pinadisconnect. sya pa nagalit =)) LOL. sana dati pa to napatupad. di na tuloy kami makapagpakabit ng kahit anong cable sa may amin ewan ba =(

  3. Avatar for waispinoy waispinoy says:

    oo nga huli kayo sa paggamit ng copyright material,kailangan malaman ito ni Sen.Sotto para maimbestigahan sa senado.

  4. Avatar for kebbot kebbot says:

    Sana gawa din xha nang batas sa mga telecom na kapag d binigay nang saktong speed sa net at nag jajack up nang bill kapag roaming and nakaw load at iba pa. kawawa din mga consumer…..

  5. Avatar for Raymond Lacsa Raymond Lacsa says:

    This is the original source of what was posted here at Yugatech Blog… and it even have a watermark of UNTV on the lower right of the photo.

    http://www.untvweb.com/news/illegal-tapping-ng-cable-tv-at-internet-isa-ng-krimen-sa-bagong-batas/

  6. Avatar for niel niel says:

    Hahaha…salamat yan sa may C.A.A. Las Piñas .. tinatanong pa sa may legal na member kung may cable sila tapos aalukin kung gusto mo ng UNLIMITED LIFETIME CABLE tv ….tapos kung sinu pa yung illegal sya pa matapang makipagaway…

  7. Avatar for Wis Wis says:

    sana pati yung jumper din sa meralco…

  8. Avatar for Justin Justin says:

    Also, try to research on the legitimacy of this “Rey Tamayo, Jr.” character. For all we know, this is just a bogus letter.

  9. Avatar for Justin Justin says:

    “This was written by Louie Diangson! Blame him!”

    Dude, seriously? That’s a bit of a cop-out response.

    The least you could have done is inform Louie about his mistake and publish a footnote on your article that the copyrighted photo was erroneously published on your blog site by one of your co-writers (note, I did NOT say apologize as I do not believe that this issue warrants an apology).

  10. Avatar for Joey Caparas Joey Caparas says:

    ^ Haha, Abe. The least you could have done was add a watermark.

  11. Avatar for Rey Tamayo, Jr. Rey Tamayo, Jr. says:

    YUGATECH
    Philippine Technology News and Reviews

    25 April 2013

    To whom it my Concern,

    The undersigned is the Vice President of Photoville International (PVI), an organization of photographers with members all over the country and in some parts of the world. PVI is currently in partnership with UNTV 37 by providing the TV station its photography needs.

    It has come to our attention that the same picture was published by your website without any authorization from UNTV 37 and without credit to the photographer.
    http://www.yugatech.com/news/cable-tv-internet-tapping-now-punishable-under-new-law/

    PVI has the obligation to protect the images submitted by its photographer-members as well as the relationship between PVI and UNTV. As you might have overlooked this matter, we bring this to your attention and petition your good office to issue a public apology with regard this matter as soon as possible.

    We are anticipating your favourable response and immediate action on this matter.

    Sincerely,

    Rey Tamayo, Jr.
    Vice President
    Photoville International

  12. Avatar for RaM RaM says:

    Bigla ngang luminaw reception ng destiny namin nung inanounce yan, may mga technician kasi nagbabaklas ng mga illegal sa street namin. buti nga LOL

  13. Avatar for luther luther says:

    how about wireless internet (WiFi) tapping??? uso un ahh…dami p nma pang-hack ng WiFi ngaun like backtrack. :-P

  14. Avatar for oldmanjenkins oldmanjenkins says:

    medyo mahina yata yung 5 years na kulong…

    dapat dyan sa mga yan firing squad sa public place…

    hehehe…

  15. Avatar for meh meh says:

    How about tapping any service that is not yours, including water!

    And how about if the telecom offers you internet at x speed it must provide that speed or they should face prison

  16. Avatar for Dazed_32 Dazed_32 says:

    It’s about time that they pass this law to make it fair to those who pay for their cable fees religiously.

  17. Avatar for simplynice93 simplynice93 says:

    Dapat bago pinirmahan ang batas na to, ayusin muna ang cable TV and internet connection.
    1. Pag naputol ang connection ng cable TV ng 1 hour or more, bawasan ang bill ng date na yun.
    2. Pag mabagal ang connection ng internet, dapat bawasan din ang bill kasi di nakuha ang tamang speed.
    Pag nasatisfy na ang kondisyon na to, saka palang sila magdemand na kasuhan ang mga illegal.

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