But realistically... (Score 1)

do you really think it's worth it for a neighbor to snarf whatever you're watching out of the air? Is it really worth breaking your WEP key to get access to whatever show you're watching? If he's smart enough to intercept your transmissions, he's smart enough to steal cable/satellite service himself and bypass the middleman.

And let's face it - the common, honest person doesn't know how to program their VCR because there's no economic incentive to learn. But give CD ripping software and/or DeCSS to a bunch of average kiddies, and the result is the current state of PtP networks - anything you want is free for the taking. And that is why the content holders are going broke today.

-Uncle