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Personally, I would cancel my TW cable immediately and switch to satellite. When dumping them, I would mention the moron by name and describe how he threatened you with baseless claims and lies, and specifically state for the record that they now have no permission to ever contact you again, regardless of your prior business arrangement (and if they do you can report them to the government if your number is in the donotcall registry, $11,000 fine). Also tell them that you are recording this conversation for legal purposes, and end with "Have a nice day"

Now just for the record, no service provider has any authority to call any system which utilizes "fair use" under copyright law illegal. It is entirely inappropriate to accuse anyone of illegal activity unless you have legal backing (like a police or lawyer) to do so.

RIAA has no copyright laws, RIAA abuses copyright laws. RIAA has absolutely nothing to do with tv or cable, that is the MPAA. Anyone who doesn't know the difference is an idiot.

A computer tuner acts exactly like a cablebox or tv. The tuner in your computer cannot send signals back into the line, it is a one way connection. Connect a voltmeter if you don't believe me.

If he claims anything is in the time warner contract, you should demand him to produce the contract, if he cannot, call his supervisor immediately.

TW is required to service your cableline, dvr, everything from your line into the house to your tv. Anything past that is your responsibility. If they claim something on your end caused the problem, they have to demonstrate it, otherwise they are in breach of contract, not you.

Your computer cannot be seized for content recorded off of cable or tv, there is a legal precedent explicitly allowing personal recording of shows (the betamax decision of 1984) which does not exclude computers.

If they tried to drop you form your contract they would have to demonstrate that your line was the cause of the problem.

Mind you, these are my opinions and IANAL, but this guy is a dipshit of the first class and I guarantee he would no longer have a job in my neighborhood. I wouldn't allow this level of idiocy in the local Tasteefreeze for fear they would poison the whole community.

Darwin has a special award awaiting this guy.