Fox Claims Dish’s Auto Hopper Device Violates Copyrights
A federal judge in New York has ruled that the high-profile legal dispute over Dish Network’s controverial ad-skipping device will take place in California. Venue has been at issue in the case since Dish filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York the same day Fox and others filed in Los Angeles.
Fox issued the following statement:
“We are pleased that the court has determined that Fox, as the true victim and plaintiff here should have the right to proceed in its chosen forum in the 9th Circuit. Now we move on to the real issue at hand – demonstrating that DISH Network has created and marketed a product with the clear goal of breaching its license with Fox, violating copyrights and destroying the fundamental underpinnings of the broadcast television business – which damages not only Fox and the other major networks, but also the hundreds of local stations around the country. We look forward to trying and winning the case on its merits.”
The legal war broke out on May 24 over Dish technology that the network describes as “a bootleg, commercial-free video-on-demand service.”
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