Got this in my email box late last night.
SATELLITE TV PIRATE HELD IN CONTEMPT
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., April 17, 2008 – DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) and EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) along with security partner NagraStar LLC and Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership today announced another victory in the Canadian Courts.
Jeremy Corkery, aka “NagraGuy,” was found to be in contempt of a Court Order made by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on November 16, 2007. The companies allege that Corkery was a well-known satellite piracy coder and the primary officer of Blue Screen Computer Services, based in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. The November 16, 2007 Order required Corkery to grant the companies access to a number of computer hard drives and electronic media in his possession for the purpose of copying and preserving evidence for the litigation. Corkery refused to comply with the Order by not allowing the companies access to the computer hard drives. Justice Spence held that Corkery deliberately interfered with the proper efforts of the companies to exercise the authority and receive the benefit of the Court Order. The sentencing hearing is pending as of this date.
This is the fifth time that a satellite television pirate in Canada has been held in contempt of Orders obtained by the satellite companies in the Canadian Courts. The four previous pirates were all sentenced to terms of imprisonment.
SATELLITE TV PIRATE HELD IN CONTEMPT
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., April 17, 2008 – DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) and EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) along with security partner NagraStar LLC and Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership today announced another victory in the Canadian Courts.
Jeremy Corkery, aka “NagraGuy,” was found to be in contempt of a Court Order made by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on November 16, 2007. The companies allege that Corkery was a well-known satellite piracy coder and the primary officer of Blue Screen Computer Services, based in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. The November 16, 2007 Order required Corkery to grant the companies access to a number of computer hard drives and electronic media in his possession for the purpose of copying and preserving evidence for the litigation. Corkery refused to comply with the Order by not allowing the companies access to the computer hard drives. Justice Spence held that Corkery deliberately interfered with the proper efforts of the companies to exercise the authority and receive the benefit of the Court Order. The sentencing hearing is pending as of this date.
This is the fifth time that a satellite television pirate in Canada has been held in contempt of Orders obtained by the satellite companies in the Canadian Courts. The four previous pirates were all sentenced to terms of imprisonment.
