Magistrate Judge Recommending Damages in Dish Streaming Piracy Complaint
U.S. Magistrate Judge Peggy Kuo of Brooklyn is recommending plaintiffs Dish Network, TVB Holdings, China Central TV and China International Communications collectively be awarded $46.14 million in statutory damages and that the defendant, alleged streaming video pirate HTV International, be…
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enjoined from transmitting CCTV or TVB programming, including programming for which Dish has the copyright. That was the finding of a docket 16-cv-1489 report and recommendation (in Pacer) filed Friday with U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of New York. It said HTV mounted no defense and plaintiffs' allegations are enough to establish vicarious infringement. Dish and the Chinese programmers sought a certificate of default a year ago (see 1703230067).