Pour les services internet, il s'agit en principe d'un mot de passe autorisé par l'opérateur du service. La directive interdit la fabrication, la distribution et la vente, à titre commercial, des cartes à puces piratées et autres dispositifs permettant de contourner la protection de l'accès à la télévision, à la radio et aux autres services internet à péage.
Directive 98/84/EC aims to provide a minimum level of legal protection for "conditional access" services in other words services where access depends on the user having a "key", genera
lly provided by the operator in return for payment. For pay-TV services, this key is usually in the form of a smart card on to which the necessary information is downloaded. For Internet-based services, it is usually in the form of a password authorised by the service operator. The Directive prohibits all commercial manufacturing, distribution and marketing activities related to pirate smart cards and other devices circumventing the access pr
otection o ...[+++]f pay-TV, radio and internet services.