He is asking for help regarding a situation involving a pirated card. I don’t believe he’s asking to help him circumvent the law. He presented a situation is which his father has chosen to pirate something. He broke it. He’s asking for help as to how to rectify the situation.
I broke my father’s lamp, how do I fix it? (Oh, I can’t replace it because it was stolen) I believe he provided the information that it was pirated so that we would be able to give good advice.
He is asking for help. He is not asking for help as to how to circumvent the law.
I have a hard time thinking that there is nothing illegal discussed on this board (underage drinking, drug use, statutory rape, drinking and driving)
Oh, and if you want to rectify the situation without breaking the law, call DirecTV and order service and a replacement access card, and pay for it like everyone else.
If it’s a pirated card that’s broken, no way fixing it is not going to still be breaking the law. No matter who bought it and who’s trying to fix it. IANAL, but it would just make you friend an accessory after the fact, I believe is the correct term.
Tell him to tell his father it’s broken and they need to become legitimate DirecTV subscribers to fix it. Or let his father break the law again his own damn self.
The OP lived in Canada. Canadians can’t legally buy DirectTV. The only way they can get it is thru illegal means. I have buddies in the Great White North and they say the legal sat tv in Canada sucks, so pirated DirectTV is a big deal up there.