Seller Ordered to Pay Dish $2.1M for Stealing Super Arab IPTV Service

U.S. District Judge George Hanks for Southern Texas in Houston ordered a local seller of the Super Arab IPTV service to pay Dish Network $2.1 million in damages for infringing 14 registered, copyrighted works that Dish owns and that the defendants willfully and maliciously infringed by transmitting and providing access to. The order was handed down Nov. 28 (docket 4:20-cv-01678) and publicized Tuesday by the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP), of which Dish is a member. The case is “yet another example of what happens when a local dealer ignores IBCAP cease and desist notices,” said Chris Kuelling, the group’s executive director, in a statement. “We will enforce this order against dealers of the Super Arab service, non-parties associated with Super Arab, and the transfer of domains critical to the operation of the service.”