body: Is it illegal to redistribute or extend the signals through the internet on otherwise open and free satellite channels? 
  
  
  If not in the US, how is it related to the international scene? The question of it's legality is not clear cut, as the signals are already open. 
  
  
  The internet company would merely be **replacing the need** for a satellite dish which is otherwise required to receive the analog signal and instead received by an ethernet cable directly from the internet company to your computer or device, and not through the satellite dish to your **reciever**. 
  
  
  Can someone try to shed some light on this?
  
  
  
title: Legality of redistributing free to air satellite channels over the internet