Forum Charter

I draw your attention to the new sections in bold...

DOs

DO Remember to post topics in the appropiate forum, so that other people interested in that topic can read them

DO Post non-platform specific topics in the UK Television or Irish Television forums

DO Post platform-specfic topics in the DTT, SkyDigital, or Cable & MMDS forums

DO Post questions, notices, or complaints for the moderator or the boards.ie administrators in the ICDG Site forum.

DO Keep generally on topic.

You may link to external sites (including your own) only if the site is TV, radio, or high-speed internet related. The link should be relevant to the thread being discussed.

DON'Ts

DON'T Break the libel laws. Remember how strict they are in this country!

DON'T Post the same topic in more than one forum.

DON'T Post anything malicous, offensive, or threathening, particularly insults towards other users.

DON'T Discuss hacking systems.
New For the avoidance of doubt: DON'T Discuss any methods that allow access to a pay-television service, other than taking out a legitimate, paid, subscription to the provider of that service.

This includes use of ANY non-Cable company supplied decoder or Cable Digital receiver.

Criminal Penalties for taking Satellite Pay TV or ANY Cable TV without paying the correct amount. (Use of a Dreambox Cable or ******* is contravention of T&C and if used to get "extra" TV a criminal offence anywhere in EU).

1990 regulations:
Prison up to 2 years and/or Fine up to 20,000 under theft of service/install of Pirate Equipment

AND/OR
European Communities (Conditional Access) Regulations, 2000
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(9) A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with any request or requirement made by an authorised officer under this Regulation is guilty of an offence.


(10) A person who obstructs or interferes with an authorised officer in the exercise of his or her powers under this Regulation or gives an authorised officer information which is false or misleading is guilty of an offence.
6. (1) A person guilty of an offence under these Regulations shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to both.

DON'T Discuss methods of accessing pay-TV systems, the content of which is not meant to be viewed in the Republic of Ireland or the United Kingdom.

DON'T Discuss methods of breaking or circumventing regional restrictions on the viewing of catch up television services.

DON'T Discuss methods of accessing illegal streams of conventional television services online.

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DON'T Post irrelevant replies

DON'T Go extremly off-topic.

DON'T Include banner advertisements in your signature.
If you must include a graphic in your signature, make sure it is small.

This is a family forum. DON'T post any material unsuitable to family viewing to it.

DON'T advertise other sites or commercial activities. See the guidelines about linking to other sites.

DON'T Post links to off-topic sites, including your own if it is not a TV/radio/media/high speed internet related site. You may not start threads solely to promote or link to other internet sites. You may not, in particular, advertise commercial sites.

Anyone caught breaking these rules will have the relevant post deleted and for a serious or presistant breach, themselves permanently banned.

In addition to these rules, the rules of boards.ie also apply in the ICDG Forums.

Someone unstickied this at some point. Regardless, it still applies and always has been held to apply.