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SET TV is Ordered To Pay Dish $90 Million in Piracy Damages

For some time, SET TV was the talk of cord cutting. Hundreds of channels for just $20 a month. Many argued if it was legal and the battle went on even after Dish sued SETTV. Now a United States Judge has ordered the founders of SET TV to pay Dish $90,000,000 in damages.

"DISH is awarded statutory damages of $90,199,000 under the FCA. The statutory damages are calculated at the parties' agreed upon $500 for each of the 180,398 subscribers that were acquired directly by Defendants and provided with unauthorized access to DISH's television programming using Defendants' SetTV streaming service. Defendants are jointly and severally liable for all damages awarded herein," the Judge wrote.

SET TV is Ordered To Pay Dish $90 Million in Piracy Damages - Cord Cutters News
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Since Facebook allows ads on these, I do NOT believe the "average person" understands these are pirate services. Heck, there's people out there as old as in their 30's, that simply can't understand that putting up an antenna will bring in FREE tv channels! That flabbergasts me.

I belong to a cordcutters group on Facebook, and I bring it up all the time that these sorts of programmers are pirating the signals. That at least gets to some people, and they can make a more informed decision as to whether they are going to buy it despite that fact.

If more of us join those groups and bring that subject up as much as possible (without being obnoxious about it) it would go a long way in helping to shut them down.

Also IMO, LEGIT providers bring a lot of this on themselves by charging prices far above "what the market will bare".

It's going to come to a head eventually, and the entire market will be broken if legit programmers don't wake up soon.
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Speaking of Facebook it's almost comical reading the comments on these services-like do you have this service in such and such town. These folks actually believing or acting dumb. Come on people, something is up when a service with all that they are advertising is 20.00 when a normal cost per month could be in the hundreds, let's be real people!

Interesting note that dish gets domain name and set top boxes and passwords from set
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satjay said:
Speaking of Facebook it's almost comical reading the comments on these services-like do you have this service in such and such town. These folks actually believing or acting dumb. Come on people, something is up when a service with all that they are advertising is 20.00 when a normal cost per month could be in the hundreds, let's be real people!

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Could have been a set up to catch customers

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Juan said:
Could have been a set up to catch customers

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What? Advertising intended to catch customers? Outrageous!
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rvvaquero said:
What? Advertising intended to catch customers? Outrageous!
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Thieves actually

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primestar31 said:
Since Facebook allows ads on these, I do NOT believe the "average person" understands these are pirate services. Heck, there's people out there as old as in their 30's, that simply can't understand that putting up an antenna will bring in FREE tv channels! That flabbergasts me.

I belong to a cordcutters group on Facebook, and I bring it up all the time that these sorts of programmers are pirating the signals. That at least gets to some people, and they can make a more informed decision as to whether they are going to buy it despite that fact.

If more of us join those groups and bring that subject up as much as possible (without being obnoxious about it) it would go a long way in helping to shut them down.

Also IMO, LEGIT providers bring a lot of this on themselves by charging prices far above "what the market will bare".

It's going to come to a head eventually, and the entire market will be broken if legit programmers don't wake up soon.
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Your absolutely right.

Also the average consumer younger than 40 years old doesn't really care if the broadcast is pirated or not. People actually believe the content was supposed to be free to begin with and that the cable companies are over charging then because they can get away with it.

Almost reminds me of the cable "cheater" boxes in the 1980's. Although it was not as bad as the streaming piracy, nobody really took it seriously.

The only time I can remember when people where worried when Comcast cracked down on people stealing analog cable. They had the news media out showing Comcast seizing everything hooked up to the cable. Big screen Tv's, DVD Players, game systems all being removed from homes.

The FTA piracy on Dish nobody took seriously either, which was not bad as it is today with the illegal streaming.
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What I've been keeping my eye on is the streaming services on the Fire Sticks that allows viewers to watch movies that are newly released in the cinemas. One of my brother-in-laws and a few of friends brag about this when tell me that I was a fool for going with Roku. When they showed me this, I knew right away that couldn't be legal.

Yet, that goes uncontested. But my roku's unlisted channels that stream the BBC and iTV get yanked constantly. Damn Brit Box.
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New report states 29% of vehicles being traded in are under water

It states the average amount they are under water is OVER $7,000. :eek

Personally, I tend to be the type that drives a vehicle for a lot of years....do my own oil changes and other fluid changes. Just replaced the spark plugs and a couple coils. Youtube is great for things like this.

Nearly 3 In 10 New-Car Trade-Ins Are Underwater, Edmunds Finds<!-- --> | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
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I guess America can't afford 10 year autoloans
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I guess America can't afford 10 year autoloans
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I'm pretty sure the most you can get is seven.

What America can't afford is the payments on $80,000+ pickups and SUVs and $40,000+ crossovers.
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RIP Patrick Stewart

Patrick Stewart died yesterday, October 28th at the age of 86. We lost yet another great actor. :(

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Patrick Stewart, ‘Star Trek’ Captain and ‘X-Men’ Superhero, Dies at 86

He’s forever known for playing Jean-Luc Picard and Charles Xavier, whom he “admired for their morality, for their kindness, for their sensitivity, for their compassion.”
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R.I.P.
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Rest In Peace
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R.I.P., Jean-Luc.
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$6.3 billion in crypto stolen by hackers

This should hit a lot of folks with a dose of reality. I can only imagine how much more common this will get as AI progresses.

I read several stories on this and most are clear as mud. They say a lot of the stolen bitcoin has been "locked out" and that everyone will be made financially whole. I guess time will tell if either of these statements are actually true.

www.cnbc.com

Hackers steal $6.3 billion from Binance in biggest-ever cryptocurrency theft

The company later added it began recovering assets impacted by the breach after pledging to cover losses using its Secure Asset Fund for Users.
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Song Name Game Part 3!

Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


Get it?


An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Take The Money and Run - Steve Miller Band
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Run Joe -- Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
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The Long Run - The Eagles
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Long Train Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers
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Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips
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I Took Ham Radio, Meshtastic and Meshcore to Las Vegas

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This New Zeekr 7GT Is Bargain-Priced Taycan Alternative You've Never Heard Of!

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The Diplomat (Netflix)

Starting a thread klang !

After an amazing first 2 seasons and an 8 episode 3rd season still coming this year, season 4 has now been greenlit.

Keri Russell Wow GIF by NETFLIX
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Finished season 3 last night. Still one of my favorite shows.

Anyone else wonder if there might be something else going on with Callum? Seems to me he has too much access to Russian intelligence.
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One episode into season 4 that dropped today...

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Renewed for season 5.
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Finished 4 last night. Great stuff.

They do like to end each season with a Bang!
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klang said:
Finished 4 last night. Great stuff.

They do like to end each season with a Bang!
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Great ending, but it ran in circles most of the season.
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Hopper 3 with Hopper plus internet connection problems

Over the past few weeks, I have had problems connecting to streaming services (Netflix, HBO et al). When I go to the TV's native Channels, I have no problem. The Dish internet troubleshooter shows I have a good internet connection. I'm wondering whether it's an issue with my internet provider or a problem with the Dish software on the Hopper Plus. Anyone else seeing this?
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mheisen said:
Over the past few weeks, I have had problems connecting to streaming services (Netflix, HBO et al). When I go to the TV's native Channels, I have no problem. The Dish internet troubleshooter shows I have a good internet connection. I'm wondering whether it's an issue with my internet provider or a problem with the Dish software on the Hopper Plus. Anyone else seeing this?
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I have a DISH Hopper 3 (Software H713) with Hopper Plus (Software P15403). I have not tried streaming services but I primarily watch TVB Jadeworld international package which is only available by streaming and when I have an issue, I usually have to go to a non-streaming satellite channel first before the streaming channels will work again. What software versions do you have and what is the error message if any are showing on your screen? or is that Dish downloading logo just stuck and never finishes?
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I have a DISH Hopper 3 (Software H713) with Hopper Plus (Software P15403). I have not tried streaming services but I primarily watch TVB Jadeworld international package which is only available by streaming and when I have an issue, I usually have to go to a non-streaming satellite channel first before the streaming channels will work again. What software versions do you have and what is the error message if any are showing on your screen? or is that Dish downloading logo just stuck and never finishes?
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I'm on H713 on the Hopper and P15403 on the Hopper Plus. It shows internet connection issues and doesn't finish loading the various services. I see the "loading circle going around. Sometimes I get a message saying that the service is having trouble loading my content and to check the internet connection.
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mheisen said:
I'm on H713 on the Hopper and P15403 on the Hopper Plus. It shows internet connection issues and doesn't finish loading the various services. I see the "loading circle going around. Sometimes I get a message saying that the service is having trouble loading my content and to check the internet connection.
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Did it ever work correctly before? Hard to say what the problem is. Usually for streaming, it will show the Dish logo with lines sweeping down to show downloading, never seen the circle issue. Did you try a manual reboot, red button reset, power cord unplug/replug to see if it makes a difference.
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Almighty1 said:
Did it ever work correctly before? Hard to say what the problem is. Usually for streaming, it will show the Dish logo with lines sweeping down to show downloading, never seen the circle issue. Did you try a manual reboot, red button reset, power cord unplug/replug to see if it makes a difference.
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Might be worth just to ditch the hopper plus. No issues here on h713
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mheisen said:
Over the past few weeks, I have had problems connecting to streaming services (Netflix, HBO et al). When I go to the TV's native Channels, I have no problem. The Dish internet troubleshooter shows I have a good internet connection. I'm wondering whether it's an issue with my internet provider or a problem with the Dish software on the Hopper Plus. Anyone else seeing this?
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Buy a roku and dump the hopper plus you'll be better off. If you have a smart tv you don't need either one. No hopper plus here and no issues!!!
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Meta Muse Privacy Flaw Exposed Sensitive Shared Links #shorts

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AI Is Turning Wannabe Hackers Into Cybercriminals #shorts

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