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up value resulting from a landlord's monopoly control of such access. • Section 5.1-6. Protection of property permitted Nothing in this article shall prohibit a person property owner from requiring that cable communications system facilities conform to laws and regulations and reasonable conditions necessary to protect safety, functioning, appearance and value of premises of the convenience and safety of persons and property. Section 5.1-7. Risks assumed by franchise. Nothing in this article shall prohibit a person from requiring a cable communications or 6ATV Company system to agree to indemnify the owner of property, or his agents or representatives from liability for damages caused by the installation, operation, maintenance or removal of cable communications facilities. Section 5.1-8.1. Theft of services and tampering. A. No person shall intercept descramble, decode, or receive or assist in intercepting, descramblinq, decoding or receiving any signals from a lawfully franchised cable communications system unless specifically authorized to do so by the operator of the system. Assisting in intercepting, • descramblinq decoding or receiving shall include the manufacture or distribution of equipment intended by the manufacturer or distributor for unauthorized reception of signals over a cable communication system. B. No person shall tamper with, remove or injure any cable, wires, or other devices used with a lawfully franchised cable communications system unless specifically authorized to do so by the system operator. C. No person shall intentionally deprive a cable communications system of a lawful charge for cable service. D. No person shall resell Company's cable services without Company's express, written consent. E. If an unauthorized device designed to intercept, descramble, or decode a cable television signal is present on the premises or property occupied and used by a person, it shall be rebuttably presumed that the person knowingly used the device to intercept, descramble or decode cable signals. If an unauthorized cable connection is present on the premises or property occupied and used by a person, it shall be rebuttably presumed that the person knowingly used the connection to intercept, descramble, or decode cable signals. • F. This section shall not be deemed to impair any rights or remedies at law or in equity available to a cable system operator.