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Dish Network says service to pay for abetting signal theft By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/11/2010
A federal court in Florida has slapped Robert Ward with a $51 million summary judgment for distributing software that aided in the theft of DISH Network signals.
In the process, it left no doubt that it believes the Communications Act prohibition on "any electronic, mechanical, or other device or equipment" that aids in the unauthorized decryption of a satellite programming" includes software.
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