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Adrian Weckler

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1345 total appearances

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Indo Sport
Dodgy Boxes revisited | The crackdown, the sellers & why you might get fined

And 10% said no.

Indo Sport
Dodgy Boxes revisited | The crackdown, the sellers & why you might get fined

I'd rather not say.

Indo Sport
Dodgy Boxes revisited | The crackdown, the sellers & why you might get fined

So let's add those two up.

Indo Sport
Dodgy Boxes revisited | The crackdown, the sellers & why you might get fined

That's 24%.

Indo Sport
Dodgy Boxes revisited | The crackdown, the sellers & why you might get fined

So maybe one in four at this point.

Indo Sport
Dodgy Boxes revisited | The crackdown, the sellers & why you might get fined

So maybe more than 400,000 households.

Indo Sport
Dodgy Boxes revisited | The crackdown, the sellers & why you might get fined

The second question asked was, do you intend to get a dodgy box at any time in the future?

Indo Sport
Dodgy Boxes revisited | The crackdown, the sellers & why you might get fined

And under half, 49% said they would not.

Indo Sport
Dodgy Boxes revisited | The crackdown, the sellers & why you might get fined

So

Indo Sport
Dodgy Boxes revisited | The crackdown, the sellers & why you might get fined

The majority left it, said they would, or they left it open.

Indo Sport
Dodgy Boxes revisited | The crackdown, the sellers & why you might get fined

And then most importantly, or most tellingly, in terms of the attitudes towards dodgy boxes in Ireland, they were asked, do you think that people who own dodgy boxes or use them should be fined or prosecuted?

Indo Sport
Dodgy Boxes revisited | The crackdown, the sellers & why you might get fined

And 65% said no.

Indo Sport
Dodgy Boxes revisited | The crackdown, the sellers & why you might get fined

So when we talk about dodgy boxes and people who own them and what's to be done about them, particularly sports rights bodies and broadcasters like Sky or the GA or the FAI or Clubber, which is now owned by Media House, which owns this podcast.

Indo Sport
Dodgy Boxes revisited | The crackdown, the sellers & why you might get fined

Um, that's the context that we're talking about.

Indo Sport
Dodgy Boxes revisited | The crackdown, the sellers & why you might get fined

It's not seen as being, um, a significant criminal offense.

Indo Sport
Dodgy Boxes revisited | The crackdown, the sellers & why you might get fined

It's not seeing, it's not even seen as something that's particularly wrong, even though it is a crime in Ireland.

Indo Sport
Dodgy Boxes revisited | The crackdown, the sellers & why you might get fined

And just to be clear about this, the copyright act 2000, um,

Indo Sport
Dodgy Boxes revisited | The crackdown, the sellers & why you might get fined

says that it is a crime to possess or use a copyright protection device, which we call dodgy boxes.

Indo Sport
Dodgy Boxes revisited | The crackdown, the sellers & why you might get fined

But most people don't agree with that.

Indo Sport
Dodgy Boxes revisited | The crackdown, the sellers & why you might get fined

And the guards won't enforce it against end users at the moment because there isn't an easy way to do that.