(The company has filed similar suits against manufacturers Viewsat and Pansat.) As part of the civil discovery process in that suit, lawyers for Echostar issued 17 subpoenas to Coolsat distributors in July, seeking, among other things, the identity and contact information of every person who has purchased a Coolsat box since 2003. But on Monday, a federal court imposed some limits on the collateral damage content owners can inflict, blocking a satellite TV provider's effort to subpoena the names and personal information of thousands of people who purchased "free-to-air" satellite receivers that can be hacked to decrypt signals meant for paid subscribers.Įchostar, the company that owns DISH Network, first filed suit against FTA-receiver maker Freetech nearly a year ago, charging that the company colludes with pirates to help owners of Freetech's Coolsat boxes steal DISH Network content, in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act-a charge Freetech denies. In the war on piracy, consumer privacy is often the first casualty.
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