I think this is not unlike how cable TV used to be protected. Without subscription, you could still see the channel, kind of, but the image was horrible and the

I think this is not unlike how cable TV used to be protected. Without subscription, you could still see the channel, kind of, but the image was horrible and the sound muted or garbled. And they installed a box, which basically fixed the stuff (if you had a subscription or bribed the man who installed it).