EchoStar Wins Battle, Loses War In News Corp. Unit Piracy Case

[Multichannel News]

Santa Ana, Calif.—A California jury Thursday found that NDS Group Americas, a division of News Corp., had violated a pair of piracy laws by hacking EchoStar Communications’ conditional access system. However, it only awarded $1,500 in statutory damages—a far cry from the $1 billion in damages EchoStar had been seeking.

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[Gentleman]

No one is ever guilty in California

Bob

 

[Stargazer]

Wow, only $1,500? DirecTv got more than that out of each customer when they sent them letters asking for a settlement to avoid a lawsuit.

 

[RVD420]

Wow, only $1,500? DirecTv got more than that out of each customer when they sent them letters asking for a settlement to avoid a lawsuit.

Damn that is just wrong.

 

[nsaspook]

Damn that is just wrong.

Finally some sanity in a court. Bad case with bad facts. Like two crack dealers calling the police because one stole from the other.