Federal Court enters final judgment against NFPS end-user Alejandro Hernandez

[NHL]

Federal Court enters final judgment against NFPS end-user Alejandro Hernandez, awards $10,000 in statutory penalties, and issues a permanent injunction

On February 9, 2015 the United States District Court for the Central District of California granted DISH Network and NagraStar’s motion for final judgment against Alejandro Hernandez. Hernandez was sued by DISH Network and NagraStar for federal claims arising out of his subscription to the NFPS IKS service. The Court’s order includes a permanent injunction against Hernandez as well as an award of $10,000 in statutory damages (the maximum damages per violation) under the Electronics Communication Privacy Act and an additional $1,200 in costs and fees. DISH Network and NagraStar continue to investigate and take action against those responsible for trying to circumvent the companies’ security system in order to gain unauthorized access to DISH Network programming.

[NHL]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
DISH NETWORK L.L.C., ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C., AND NAGRASTAR LLC, Plaintiffs, v. ALEJANDRO HERNANDEZ, Defendant. ______________________________ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Case No.: CV 14-8577 DSF (AJWx)
JUDGMENT
The Clerk having entered default against Defendant Alejandro Hernandez, and the Court having granted Plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment in favor of Plaintiffs and against Defendant, IT IS ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that judgment be entered against Hernandez and in favor of Plaintiffs for $10,000 in statutory damages and $1,200 in attorneys’ fees. Additionally, Hernandez is ordered (1) to cease circumventing or assisting others in circumventing DISH Network’s security system, or otherwise intercepting or assisting others to intercept DISH Network’s satellite signal and (2) to cease testing, analyzing, reverse engineering, manipulating, or
Case 2:14-cv-08577-DSF-AJW Document 15 Filed 02/09/15 Page 1 of 2 Page ID #:159
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otherwise extracting codes, data, or information from DISH Network’s satellite receivers, smart cards, satellite data stream, or any other part or component of the DISH Network security system. 2/9/15 Dated: _________________ ____________________________ Dale S. Fischer United States District Judge
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[steven charles]

Federal Court enters final judgment against NFPS end-user Alejandro Hernandez, awards $10,000 in statutory penalties, and issues a permanent injunction

On February 9, 2015 the United States District Court for the Central District of California granted DISH Network and NagraStar’s motion for final judgment against Alejandro Hernandez. Hernandez was sued by DISH Network and NagraStar for federal claims arising out of his subscription to the NFPS IKS service. The Court’s order includes a permanent injunction against Hernandez as well as an award of $10,000 in statutory damages (the maximum damages per violation) under the Electronics Communication Privacy Act and an additional $1,200 in costs and fees. DISH Network and NagraStar continue to investigate and take action against those responsible for trying to circumvent the companies’ security system in order to gain unauthorized access to DISH Network programming.I,ll bet there wishing now they had paid the 3.500 or 5.000 dollars they were asking to settle out of court.....

[ranger]

These folks may have listened to all the bad advise that was given saying they only go after suppliers and dealers ....