If you are not familiar, that is basically some technology that allows people to get dishnet satellite service for free, by sharing keys from a central server. These people typically pay a small monthly subscription for access to the service, and in return they get free satellite programming. (illegally of course)
If you use this service, you might want to check this out. Dishnet is cracking the whip and finally starting to go after end users.
I just cut the important part of the letter out.
I can't believe anyone would use one of these systems to begin with, they make it so easy to get caught in any number of ways. With the old FTA technology, it wasn't possible to go after the end users, since the FTA receivers were legal and it was basically impossible to prove who was downloading the files to hack them. They could only go after dealers who were selling the bins or installing them for people. When they switched to this Internet Key Sharing stuff, it was a whole other ballgame.
Maybe some of you might recall DirectTV doing the same thing years ago, suing end users personally. Reminds me of the current stuff going on with torrent users, except this is basically a cut and dried case for dishnet. Anyone that doesn't pay their settlement fee of $3500 is going to get ass-raped, since they have their credit card info on file.