Dish, Sling TV Sue in Ohio to Take Down ‘Illicit Streaming Services’

William Everly operates “illicit streaming services” under the brand PrimeStreams that capture Dish Network’s internet communications of TV programming by circumventing Dish’s security measures and then retransmits that content to customers who purchased access to those services from Everly, alleged Dish and Sling TV in a complaint Friday (docket 3:22-cv-01748) in U.S. District Court in Toledo, where Everly lives. Everly is believed to have transitioned “FireStick Steve” resellers to a new rebranded version of the PrimeStreams service that Everly created called Tixe Hosting, it said. Everly was notified in a July 15 cease and desist letter that his operation of the illicit services violated federal laws, but the illegal services “continue to operate,” the complaint said. It alleges violations of the Federal Communications and Digital Millennium Copyright acts, and seeks a permanent injunction to take down Everly’s services. Everly didn’t comment Monday.