-LRL Dish Network, LLC et al v. Polo

Filing 39

JUDGMENT in favor of Plaintiffs Dish Network, LLC, Echostar Technologies, LLC, Nagrastar, LLC against Defendant Darryl Polo in the amount of $250,000.00. Signed by Judge Philip M. Pro on 7/29/11. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MMM)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 LAWYERS 7401 WEST CHARLESTON BOULEVARD LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89117-1401 (702) 384-7000 ALVERSON, TAYLOR, MORTENSEN & SANDERS 8 11 J. BRUCE ALVERSON, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 1339 KARIE N. WILSON, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 7957 ALVERSON TAYLOR MORTENSEN & SANDERS 7401 W. Charleston Boulevard Las Vegas, NV 89117 702-384-7000 Phone 702-385-7000 Fax Attorneys for Plaintiffs JOHN M MCLAUGHLIN, ESQ. (pro hac vice) GREEN, MILES, LIPTON & FITZ-GIBBON, LLP 77 Pleasant St; P.O. Box 210 Northampton, MA 01061-0210 413-586-0865 Phone 413-584-6278 Fax Attorney for Plaintiffs 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 14 15 16 DISH NETWORK, LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company, ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, a Texas Limited Liability Company, and NAGRASTAR, LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company, 17 CASE NO: 2:10-cv-01374-PMP-LRL [(PROPOSED) JUDGMENT AGAINST DEFENDANT DARRYL POLO Plaintiffs 18 v. 19 DARRYL POLO, aka “THEPIMP” and aka “DJP” dba www.fta-spot.com, www.ftapimps.com and The Media Creative Group (“TMC”) 20 21 22 Defendant ________________________________________ 23 Plaintiffs, DISH Network L.L.C., EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., and NagraStar L.L.C. 24 (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) having filed their Complaint, demanding certain relief against the 1 1 Defendant Darryl Polo (sometimes referred to as the “Defendant” or “Polo”), as appears more fully 2 in their prayer for relief contained therein; the Plaintiffs and the Defendant Polo having agreed upon 3 a basis for the adjudication of the matters alleged in the Complaint and for the entry of a judgment in 4 this action against Polo based upon a stipulation, which is filed with the Court, and after due 5 deliberation being had thereon, it is: 6 ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that final Judgment in favor of the Plaintiffs and against the Defendant Polo is hereby granted, ordered, and entered as follows: 8 I. 9 11 Pursuant to Title 17 U.S.C. § 1203(c)(3)(A) and pursuant to Count I of the Plaintiffs’ Complaint the Plaintiffs are awarded $250,000.00 in monetary damages from Polo for his 10 LAWYERS 7401 WEST CHARLESTON BOULEVARD LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89117-1401 (702) 384-7000 ALVERSON, TAYLOR, MORTENSEN & SANDERS 7 violations of 17 U.S.C. §§ 1201(a)(2). II. The Court finds that that the judgment amount is reasonable pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 12 1203(c)(3)(A) which provides statutory damages in the amount of up to $2,500 for each 13 violation of 17 U.S.C. §§ 1201(a)(2). 14 Pursuant to Title 17 U.S.C. § 1203(b)(1) Polo and all other persons acting or claiming to act 15 on his behalf or under Polo’s direction or authority, and all persons acting in concert or in 16 participation with Polo are hereby ENJOINED from: 17 1. Manufacturing, importing, offering to the public, providing, modifying, selling or 18 otherwise trafficking in any FTA technology whether the devices in question are 19 modified or unmodified and any technology for use in any type of control word sharing 20 scheme or key sharing scheme (sometimes referred to as IKS, EKS, or SKS) whether the 21 devices in question are modified or unmodified. 22 2. Manufacturing, importing, offering to the public, providing, modifying, or otherwise 23 trafficking in any so called “Free to Air” (FTA) receivers, internet-enabled FTA 24 receivers, dongle-adapted FTA receivers that have been modified without authorization, 2 1 any DISH Network satellite pirating device regardless of form, including pirate software, 2 or any other technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof, that: a. is primarily designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing the encryption 4 protection contained in the software on NagraStar’s smart cards or contained 5 within EchoStar Technologies’ receivers or any other technological measure 6 adopted by DISH Network and/or EchoStar Technologies and/or NagraStar that 7 effectively controls access to copyrighted programming or effectively protects the 8 exclusive rights afforded the owners of copyrighted programming; 9 b. has only limited commercially significant purpose or use other than to circumvent 10 LAWYERS 7401 WEST CHARLESTON BOULEVARD LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89117-1401 (702) 384-7000 ALVERSON, TAYLOR, MORTENSEN & SANDERS 3 DISH Network’s encryption access control protection or any other technological 11 measure adopted by DISH Network and/or EchoStar Technologies and/or 12 NagraStar that effectively controls access to copyrighted programming or 13 effectively protects the exclusive rights afforded the owners of copyrighted 14 programming; 15 c. is knowingly marketed by Polo and/or others acting in concert with him for use in 16 circumventing DISH Network’s encryption access control protection or any other 17 technological measure adopted by DISH Network and/or EchoStar Technologies 18 and/or NagraStar that effectively controls access to copyrighted programming or 19 effectively protects the exclusive rights afforded the owners of copyrighted 20 programming. 21 3. Assembling, modifying, selling, advertising, marketing, possessing, transporting, and/or 22 distributing through any means any FTA receiver or internet-enabled FTA receiver or 23 dongle-adapted FTA receiver that has been modified without authorization or any other 24 electronic, mechanical, or other devices, including FTA receivers, internet-enabled FTA 3 1 receivers or dongle-adapted FTA receivers that have been programmed with pirate 2 software, the design of which renders them primarily useful for the purpose of the 3 unauthorized interception of DISH Network’s signals. 4 4. Assembling, modifying, selling, advertising, marketing, possessing, transporting, and/or distributing through any means any DISH Network satellite pirating device regardless of 6 form, including pirate software, or any other technology, product, service, device, 7 component, or part thereof, that is primarily useful for the purpose of the unauthorized 8 interception of DISH Network’s signals. 9 5. Assembling, modifying, selling, advertising, marketing, possessing, transporting and/or 10 LAWYERS 7401 WEST CHARLESTON BOULEVARD LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89117-1401 (702) 384-7000 ALVERSON, TAYLOR, MORTENSEN & SANDERS 5 distributing through any means any type of FTA receivers, internet-enabled FTA 11 receivers or dongle-adapted FTA receivers, where Polo or those acting with Polo are: 12 a. programming the FTA receivers, internet-enabled FTA receivers or dongle- 13 adapted FTA receivers with modified FTA/IKS software or other piracy software 14 before distribution to the receiver customers; and/or 15 b. distributing, in any manner, modified FTA/IKS software or other piracy software 16 to the FTA receiver, internet-enabled FTA receiver, dongle-adapted FTA 17 receiver or dongle (or similar internet connection device) customers, including, 18 but not limited to, distributing the modified FTA/IKS software or other piracy 19 software by e-mail attachments or distributing the modified FTA/IKS software or 20 other piracy software by delivering the software contained on a software or 21 holding device; and/or 22 c. directing, in any way, the FTA receiver, internet-enabled FTA receiver, dongle- 23 adapted FTA receiver or dongle (or similar internet connection device) 24 customers to piracy websites, piracy forums, and/or piracy chat rooms where the 4 1 modified FTA/IKS software or other piracy software is available (“pirate 2 websites”); 3 d. utilizing third parties such as so-called “installers” to effectuate having the FTA 4 receiver, internet-enabled FTA receiver, dongle-adapted FTA receiver or dongle 5 (or similar internet connection device) 6 programmed with modified FTA/IKS software or other piracy software; 7 6. customers’ receiver ultimately Assembling, modifying, selling, advertising, marketing, possessing, transporting, and/or distributing through any means any DISH Network satellite pirating devices which 9 violate the provisions of this Order. 10 LAWYERS 7401 WEST CHARLESTON BOULEVARD LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89117-1401 (702) 384-7000 ALVERSON, TAYLOR, MORTENSEN & SANDERS 8 7. 11 Subsidizing pirate websites, including subsidizing the pirate websites through advertising on the pirate websites. 12 8. 13 Utilizing website hyperlinks back and forth between any websites operated or controlled by Polo and the piracy websites. 14 9. Selling or distributing peripheral devices which are of assistance to the FTA receiver, 15 internet-enabled FTA receiver, dongle-adapted FTA receiver or dongle (or similar 16 internet connection device) customers to effectuate the unauthorized interception of 17 DISH Network signals, including, but not limited to, an 8PSK board, which device is 18 designed to effectuate the receipt of Dish Network’s signals in a high-definition mode, 19 and satellite dish antennas which are designed to receive premium channel satellite 20 signals as opposed to true FTA signals. 21 10. Operating the websites www.fta-spot.com and www.ftapimps.com. 22 11. Operating any website Polo controls or operates in any manner such that the operation 23 24 would violate other terms of the injunctive relief set forth herein. ... 5 1 12. Engaging in any activity which would violate the terms of the injunctive relief set forth 2 herein while utilizing websites not in Polo’s control, including, but not limited to, such 3 websites as EBay and Craigslist. 4 III. The Court finds that that the terms of this Injunction are reasonable and justifiable pursuant to Title 17 U.S.C. § 1203(b)(1) which provides that the court may “grant temporary and 6 permanent injunctions on such terms as it deems reasonable to prevent or restrain a violation” 7 and/or pursuant to the equitable considerations allowing for the issuance of a permanent 8 injunction through Fed. R. Civ. P. 65. 9 IV. The Court finds that that the $250,000.00 judgment amount is non-dischargeable in bankruptcy 10 LAWYERS 7401 WEST CHARLESTON BOULEVARD LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89117-1401 (702) 384-7000 ALVERSON, TAYLOR, MORTENSEN & SANDERS 5 proceedings pursuant to the provisions of Title 11 USC § 523(a)(6) in that Polo’s actions 11 amounted to willful and malicious damage as to the Plaintiffs’ property 12 V. The Court finds that Polo has irrevocably forfeited to the Plaintiffs any right, claim or interest 13 in any of the evidence, inventory and any and all of the materials seized by the Plaintiffs 14 pursuant to the civil seizure order entered in this civil action, or otherwise given by Polo to 15 Plaintiffs. 16 17 VI. Post-judgment interest shall accrue on the stipulated judgment amount pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1961. 18 IT IS SO ORDERED. 19 Dated this _____ day of __________, 2011. 29th day of July, 2011. 20 21 _______________________________________ UNITED STATES DISTRICT DISTRICT JUDGE PHILIP M. PRO, UNITED STATES COURT JUDGE 22 23 24 n:\bruce.grp\z-client\18888\pleadings\mtn stipulated judgmt order.doc 6

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