End of Freetech

[hogger]

c/p from mediabiz



EchoStar, DISH Win Freetech Piracy Case
8/25/2009 @ 7:25 PM
DISH Network, EchoStar Technologies and conditional access provider NagraStar on Tuesday announced that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California had ordered a $97 million consent judgment and permanent injunction against Freetech, the maker of a device used to pirate DISH's DBS signal.

The judgement, which came as the result of a lawsuit filed by DISH and the other plaintiffs, also included $9 million in damages for three of Freetech's corporate officers/owners.

As a result, Freetech agreed to forfeit all of its liquid assets and inventory to DISH Network and shut down operations immediately.

[Victor Hugo]

Thanks for the information.

[davidki]

now that is a real bummer! But, could there be a coder that creates a dongle for CS at some point.. ?

Guess my 7000 and 8100hd on FTA better stay working and not need repair for a while..

[davidki]

Just checked and Coolsatusa.com website is gone... .so, the report is more than a rumor I guess... :-(

[tomcat01]

not a rumour it is in all the news and there was court doc's here too. oh well hopefully dish looses a few

[creativegenius]

Time to ditch the Cooly's or get yourselves 39" dishes and a Motor

Creative Genius

[mookapyro]

no offense to anyone, but haven't the coolsats been "dead" for a long time, haven't tested one in a few years 'cause NORW stopped supporting most if not all the models.
Hope this is an isolated case, they really screwed up bad.

[tomcat01]

they came back last year for a few bins (really behind) then they jusr faded away again

[creativegenius]

They will dust themselves off and morph into a new outfit.

Creative Genius

[Landscapeman]

RIP Coolsat.