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He was fined $5,000 and sentenced to a yearРІР‚в„ўs probation.

MacDougall, a satellite dish salesman from Ocala, Fla. The most celebrated case of video piracy occurred in April, 1986, when a pirate calling himself РІР‚СљCaptain MidnightРІР‚Сњ intercepted the satellite transmission of Home Box Office, a cable television programmer, and broadcast a message criticizing the company for scrambling its signal to prevent non-subscribers from receiving it on privately owned satellite dishes.Р”В¬aptain Midnight later was identified as John R.

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She said she was unaware of any previous thefts of a TV stationРІР‚в„ўs signal. РІР‚СљWe consider this a serious matter,РІР‚Сњ said Maureen Peratino, the FCCРІР‚в„ўs deputy director for public affairs. carries a criminal penalty of up to $10,000 in fines and up to one year in prison, an FCC official said. The original story line for the Max character involved a futuristic world dominated by television, where video piracy-such as what occurred Sunday night-was punishable by death. His own American prime-time television show, carried on ABC, was canceled earlier this year. The legitimate Max Headroom, a wisecracking, stuttering, computer-generated character, originated on British television in 1985. РІР‚СљWeРІР‚в„ўve spent most of today figuring out what we can do to prevent this sort of thing in the future, and we believe we will be able to avoid it,РІР‚Сњ he said.Р”В¬hannel 9 officials said they, too, were studying ways to improve security over their broadcast signal. РІР‚СљInitially, we checked our internal video sources before thinking about something from the outside.

РІР‚СљBy the time our people began looking into what was going on, it was over,РІР‚Сњ said Anders Yocum, vice president for corporate communications at Channel 11. РІР‚СљMaxРІР‚Сњ bent over, exposed his bare buttocks and was paddled several times by a fly swatter that appeared to be wielded by a woman standing off camera. Then the character in the РІР‚СљMax HeadroomРІР‚Сњ mask appeared and swayed back and forth while saying a number of barely audible words.Р”Р„mong the words that could be heard were РІР‚СљChuck SwirskyРІР‚Сњ (the name of a WGN sportscaster), РІР‚СљTV studio,РІР‚Сњ РІР‚Сљgreat newspaperРІР‚Сњ and РІР‚Сљbut itРІР‚в„ўs dirty.РІР‚Сњ РІР‚СљMaxРІР‚Сњ picked up a can of Pepsi-Cola (the real Max Headroom advertises Coca-Cola) and threw it away, then picked up another can and threw it away. WhoРІР‚Сњ episode called РІР‚СљHorror of Fang RockРІР‚Сњ on Channel 11 was interrupted by wobbling black and white lines. Sports reporter Dan Rohn apologized for the interference and continued the sports report. Strutzel said an engineer quickly changed the frequency of the signal that was transmitting the news show to the Hancock building, thus breaking the lock established by the video pirate. A character wearing a Max Headroom mask gyrated for almost half a minute but did not make audible sounds.

РІР‚СљTransmitters with Bears game on WGNРІР‚в„ўs newscast. РІР‚СљThis guy had to have quite a rig,РІР‚Сњ said Larry Inman, chief engineer of an Urbana station, WILL-TV. РІР‚СљThe interfering signal has to be quite strong.РІР‚Сњ РІР‚СљYou need a significant amount of power to do that,РІР‚Сњ said Robert Strutzel, WGNРІР‚в„ўs director of engineering, who was reluctant to discuss the prank in detail for fear of providing a РІР‚Сљhow toРІР‚Сњ guide for others. They said it would take extremely high-powered equipment to squeeze out the microwave signals that carry the programs from the stationsРІР‚в„ў Northwest Side studios to downtown skyscrapers, where they are retransmitted to television sets throughout the Chicago area. Television engineers speculated that the stations had been victimized by a practical joker with an expensive transmitter. Two hours earlier, the РІР‚СљMaxРІР‚Сњ character made an unauthorized 28-second appearance in the middle of a newscast on WGN (Channel 9), but was zapped by an alert engineer before the imposter could do anything offensive.

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