Dish Wins Copyright Infringement Suit Over Arabic Channel Rights

Dish Network LLC prevailed in a copyright infringement suit against a Florida businessman who streamed Arabic-language channels without authorization after a federal appeals court affirmed that Dish’s copyrights were infringed on.

Gaby Fraifer and his companies, Tele-Center Inc. and Planet Telecom Inc., directly infringed Dish’s exclusive rights to broadcast 21 Arabic-language channels in the United States through their UlaiTV and AhlaiTV services, Judge Embry J. Kidd said Thursday. The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s ruling granting summary judgment in favor of Dish that it had ownership of the disputed channels and upheld Dish’s ...