someone PLEASE answer this?? dealer licence in canada!

[sugar ray]

hey all, if someone (perferably with legal knowledge on the matter) PLEASE answer this??

we all know that currently in canada it is NOT illegal to steal DTV signal. due to the fact that DTV is NOT authorized to broadcast in canada any ways.

you walk down town the streets of calgary or vancouver and BOOM! it seems there are walk in shops all over the place for card services. im NOT refering to actual hardware (loaders, unlooper, JTEG, etc...)
BUT card programming for DTV cards.

what i want to know is WHAT IS THE DEAL??? are these or most of these dealers claiming tax to revunue canada? if they are claiming tax then there should be NO problem right??? NO law against dycrypting the signal. is there a law against running a service for it?

better yet. if one were to start up their own business, "WHAT KIND OF BUISNESS LICENCE WOULD YOU APPLY FOR?"

ex: would it fall under computer eprom servicing?
satelitte sales and service?


if any dealer is reading OR any one with law knowledge. PLEASE respond your thoughts on the matter, and WHAT measures you guys took.
the only reason i ask, is because i walked into a dealer in calgary with a looped HU. they were offering a SWAP service. once i got my replacement card, they wrote me up a receipt. it even said one HU card replacement on the receipt. cool hey?? im trying to gather as much info i can! anything would be great!

thanks in advance!

[davidnb]

Wait until the SC decides its case is the best advice I can think of. You could open shop Friday only to find out come Monday that its illegal.

To start a bunsiness, you would have to form a company which laws may vary from one province to another. BUt, you would form a company including getting a name, and getting permission to collect taxes which requires applying to the fedreal Governemnt.

The name of the company can be anything, and doesn't have to reflect what the company does. Company names are copyrighted so you have to pick a name that isn't used.

[sugar ray]

thanks for a response!:cool:

i jus want to know how the downtown dealers are pulling it off without an investigation. i mean if one were to apply for a licence under " computer eprom servicing & satellitte installs ".

then the same person opened up shop downtown, and SERVICED CUSTOMERS HU CARD EPROM'S! (loop hole) claimed every cent they made to the government. there should be NO problem. as there is NO law in canada saying we can NOT service HU cards eproms.

the government get's their share all should be good? right??

until of course, LIKE YOU SAID, if the day rolls around and it is deemed illegal then you fold up shop and run like hell!

penny for your thoughts!

[davidnb]

Originally posted by sugar ray
thanks for a response!:cool:

i jus want to know how the downtown dealers are pulling it off without an investigation. i mean if one were to apply for a licence under " computer eprom servicing & satellitte installs ".

then the same person opened up shop downtown, and SERVICED CUSTOMERS HU CARD EPROM'S! (loop hole) claimed every cent they made to the government. there should be NO problem. as there is NO law in canada saying we can NOT service HU cards eproms.

the government get's their share all should be good? right??

until of course, LIKE YOU SAID, if the day rolls around and it is deemed illegal then you fold up shop and run like hell!

penny for your thoughts!

You would not be applying for a eprom service. The governement doesn't get that indepth. Really, all you do is resgistor a busniess name with your province. This is also done to protect other busniesses from losing there names. For example, you can't name your company Wal mart or Zellers but as long nobody else has the name you want, the door is open. sam's satllite seervices, get the paper work done and you are on your way. At the same time you get a tax license, so you can collect tax and forward it on.