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Dish, Sling Dismiss Illicit Streaming Service DMCA Claims vs. 1 Defendant

Plaintiffs Dish Network and Sling TV and defendant Joyce Berry agree to dismiss, without prejudice, the pending Digital Millennium Copyright Act claims against Berry for her role in running an illegal streaming service, said their joint stipulation of dismissal Wednesday…

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(docket 4:23-cv-01136) in U.S. District Court for Northern Texas in Dallas. “All other parties to the lawsuit remain,” said the stipulation. The Nov. 9 Dish-Sling complaint alleged that Berry and her co-defendant, John Magembe, profited from the operation of an illicit streaming service called Beast TV, also known as Channels4Cheap, that captured and retransmitted Dish and Sling content without authorization by circumventing Dish and Sling security measures (see 2311130030).