1 United States District Court Southern District of New
Case 1:17-cv-06977 Document 1 Filed 09/13/17 Page 1 of 34 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Asia TV USA Ltd., MSM Asia Ltd., Star India Private Ltd., Viacom18 Media Private CIVIL ACTION NO. 17-CV-____1:17-cv-06977 Limited, ARY Digital USA LLC, and DISH Network L.L.C., COMPLAINT Plaintiffs, v. Dibia Networks Limited and Abdellah Hamead, Defendants. Plaintiffs Asia TV USA Ltd., MSM Asia Ltd., Star India Private Ltd., Viacom18 Media Private Limited, ARY Digital USA LLC, and DISH Network L.L.C., by and through their undersigned attorneys, for their Complaint, allege as follows: NATURE OF THE ACTION 1. This copyright and trademark infringement action arises out of a global pirate television service provided to customers through the “BTV” set-top box. For a one-time up-front payment, BTV customers in the United States receive unlicensed television channels and television programs from India, Pakistan, and other countries. Among the victims of this piracy are Plaintiffs Asia TV USA Ltd., MSM Asia Ltd., Star India Private Ltd., Viacom18 Media Private Limited, ARY Digital USA LLC (collectively, the “Network Plaintiffs”), and DISH Network L.L.C., which holds certain exclusive rights from the Network Plaintiffs to distribute programming in the United States. 2. Plaintiffs are the legal and beneficial owners of exclusive rights to exploit the Network Plaintiffs’ copyrighted television programming (the “Copyrighted Programs”) in the 1 Case 1:17-cv-06977 Document 1 Filed 09/13/17 Page 2 of 34 United States. Under United States copyright law, Plaintiffs have the exclusive rights to, among other things, reproduce, distribute, and publicly perform their Copyrighted Programs.
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