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IBCAP announces $24 million lawsuit against iStar IPTV service
The International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) continues to aggressively identify pirate services and coordinate legal actions through its members DENVER — September 21, 2021 – The International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) today...
IBCAP Announces Recent Legal Victories
IBCAP works with its members to shut down IPTV Pirates The International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) is aggressively coordinating legal actions resulting in recent victories March 18, 2021 – The International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy...
Brazilian Channels Join the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP)
The International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) today announced that leading Brazilian television channels Globo, Band and Record became members of IBCAP, joining the fight to combat copyright piracy of Brazilian content in the United States. IBCAP is...
Dish Sues IPTV Streamers Over Arabic Channels
Dish has filed suit against two over-the-top video providers, SPider-TV and Tiger Star, it says are pirating Arabic channels for unauthorized distribution. Dish says it has sent over 100 notices to both and their ISPs asking that they stop transmitting the content, to...
Programmers, Dish Win $6.6M Judgment Against Pirate TV Service BTV
A federal judge has ordered pirate television service BTV to cease retransmitting TV channels, stop selling its BTV set-top box and pay several parties, including Dish Network, $6.6 million stemming from a copyright infringement suit they filed against the company...
Court Holds U.S. Retailer Accountable for Promoting Piracy by Selling IPTV Streaming Devices with Unauthorized Channels
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., , 2017— A bankruptcy court in Florida has ruled that Amit Bhalla, a retailer of IPTV streaming devices with unauthorized channels, cannot use a bankruptcy case to shield himself from monetary liability for copyright infringement. In 2016, the U.S....
Piracy Dealt Another Blow as Court Rules Against Providers of Shava and Cres Streaming TV Services
In another blow to peddlers of illicit video piracy services, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled to shut down unauthorized digital streaming and distribution by the providers of the Shava and Cres TV set-top boxes and awarded more than...
IBCAP Applauds Successful Copyright and Trademark Infringement Lawsuits
International Broadcasters and DISH Win Lawsuits Against Shava TV, Cres IPTV, and Lool IPTV April 20, 2017 — The International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) congratulated a number of its members for winning a lawsuit against Imran Butt and Naeem Butt,...