
From the U.S. Code Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 23, 2000 and December 4, 2001]
[CITE: 47USC560]

 
          TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
 
                 CHAPTER 5--WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION
 
                  SUBCHAPTER V-A--CABLE COMMUNICATIONS
 
                    Part IV--Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 560. Scrambling of cable channels for nonsubscribers


(a) Subscriber request

    Upon request by a cable service subscriber, a cable operator shall, 
without charge, fully scramble or otherwise fully block the audio and 
video programming of each channel carrying such programming so that one 
not a subscriber does not receive it.

(b) ``Scramble'' defined

    As used in this section, the term ``scramble'' means to rearrange 
the content of the signal of the programming so that the programming 
cannot be viewed or heard in an understandable manner.

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title VI, Sec. 640, as added Pub. L. 104-104, 
title V, Sec. 504, Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 136.)
