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06-12-03, 06:14 PM
http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030611/1859001473_2.html
Court Finds EchoStar Violated Copyright Law
Wednesday June 11, 6:59 pm ET
By Mark Wigfield
WASHINGTON -- A federal judge in Florida ruled in favor of the four television networks in a long-standing copyright case against satellite television provider EchoStar Communications Corp. (NasdaqNM:DISH - News) .
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In a decision released Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge William P. Dimitrouleas found that EchoStar illegally provided viewers with network signals from distant network affiliates when the viewers could have received local stations over the air.
But he declined to impose the harshest penalty allowed, which would have barred EchoStar from providing via satellite any signals from local broadcast stations. Analysts estimate that several hundred thousand EchoStar customers still get distant network signals illegally and may lose those signals.
But the majority of the company's 8.5 million subscribers won't be affected, the company said
Court Finds EchoStar Violated Copyright Law
Wednesday June 11, 6:59 pm ET
By Mark Wigfield
WASHINGTON -- A federal judge in Florida ruled in favor of the four television networks in a long-standing copyright case against satellite television provider EchoStar Communications Corp. (NasdaqNM:DISH - News) .
Alt Text
In a decision released Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge William P. Dimitrouleas found that EchoStar illegally provided viewers with network signals from distant network affiliates when the viewers could have received local stations over the air.
But he declined to impose the harshest penalty allowed, which would have barred EchoStar from providing via satellite any signals from local broadcast stations. Analysts estimate that several hundred thousand EchoStar customers still get distant network signals illegally and may lose those signals.
But the majority of the company's 8.5 million subscribers won't be affected, the company said