Dish Sues Alleged Broadcast Signal Pirate

Dish Network is suing an Iraqi streaming service and set-top box maker and a Michigan reseller, claiming the iStar service is infringing on copyright by carrying a variety of international broadcast channels in the U.S. that are exclusively licensed to Dish. In a complaint filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Detroit (docket 2:21-cv-12219), Dish said it and the networks sent nearly 70 notices to iStar between March 2016 and the filing of the complaint, and iStar stopped responding in 2019. Defendant reseller Atlas Satellite didn't comment.