[HIB]Satellite piracy peaks in World Cup season

As thousands gather in homes and cafés each night to watch 2010 World Cup matches, some will be witnessing or taking part in a crime, according to authorities. According to the National Library Department (NLD), the Kingdom’s top authority concerned with intellectual property rights, “less than half” of cafés may be screening the matches illegally. With satellite cards being sold at a discount for JD60, 40 per cent of the monthly minimum wage, for one month of matches, the offer is not attractive to some families and football fanatics, who are instead tempted by a rising trade of satellite TV piracy. One of the most common and cheaper items on the black market are imported cards which can be used to decode the signal of a given station or satellite feed, according to the NLD and vendors.

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