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With the continued growth of pirate IPTV services in recent years, TV broadcasters and distributors have been ramping up their anti-piracy efforts. <\/p>\nWith the continued growth of pirate IPTV services in recent years, TV broadcasters and distributors have been ramping up their anti-piracy efforts. <\/p>\n
The International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP<\/a>) has been particularly active. It\u2019s also the main driver behind a new lawsuit filed yesterday by DISH Network<\/a> at a Texas federal court.<\/p>\n The American pay-TV provider accuses the operators of popular streaming services \u2018Lemo TV\u2019 and \u2018Kemo IPTV\u2019 of direct copyright infringement. These services, operating from Lemotv.com and Kemoiptv.com respectively, promise access to \u201cover 18,000 live channels\u201d and \u201cover 8,400 shows\u201d for a fraction of the price of legal subscriptions. <\/p>\n \u201cDefendants offer United States Subscribers a 36-hour free trial to the Service and sell Service Subscriptions for one device for $28.50 for six months, $39 for one year, $59 for two years, and $100 for four years,\u201d the complaint notes. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n In addition to selling direct to consumers, both services operate reseller<\/a> programs. This allows third parties to launch their own custom-branded IPTV streaming sites and apps for under $200. Resellers purchase credits for use with their branded services which they can resell to their own customers at a significant markup. <\/p>\n In a footnote, DISH claims that resellers of Lemo TV and Kemo IPTV include the following: Xtremehdiptv.org, Bestusiptv.com, Slingtvbox.com, 1dollariptv.com, Fubo-iptv.com, Tv-wave.com, Kemoiptv.shop, Geministreamz.us, Honeybeetv.com, Honeybeeiptv.org, Honeybeeiptv.io, Dynastyiptv.shop, Dynastyiptv.com, Dynasty-iptv.com, Caliptostreams.com, and 4kliveiptv.com.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The complaint alleges Lemo and Kemo use the services of Cloudflare and Namecheap, which are both based in the United States. However, the identities of the operators remain unknown. DISH hopes to uncover more information through this lawsuit so it can name the defendants in an amended complaint.<\/p>\n To gather more information, DISH filed a motion to expedite discovery. Specifically, it seeks permission to subpoena a wide variety of third-party intermediaries who may be able to help identify the defendants. <\/p>\n These include Cloudflare and Namecheap, but also other hosting companies, payment providers, and social media services such as 24 Shells, Des Equity, Hivelocity, Tucows, GoDaddy.com, DigitalOcean, Newfold Digital, Google, Coinbase, PayPal, Meta Platforms, and X Corp. <\/p>\n The discovery request is not limited to the main Lemo and Kemo domains, but also includes the alleged reseller services, as shown below. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n The lawsuit mentions that at least 171 registered copyrighted works were infringed and DISH seeks the maximum of $150,000 in statutory damages for each, totaling over $25 million. In addition, the complaint seeks an injunction to transfer the infringing domain names.<\/p>\n While their identities are currently unknown, DISH believes that the defendants acted willfully and on a massive scale, ignoring approximately 100 notices of infringement sent by IBCAP and DISH since February 2021. <\/p>\n IBCAP executive director Chris Kuelling says that their anti-piracy lab classifies Lemo and Kemo among the most egregious IPTV services. During the first quarter of 2025, the services accounted for nearly 30% of all unauthorized streams detected on set-top box and IPTV services.<\/p>\n Based on this data, IBCAP helps its members to select the prime candidates for legal action, which ultimately resulted in this week\u2019s lawsuit.<\/p>\n \u201cThis lawsuit is the latest example of our lab\u2019s ability to identify the pirate services that are significantly infringing our members\u2019 content and stack-rank such services in order to target and remove the worst infringers.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis level of theft is unacceptable for our members, and we will put a swift stop to it\u2014just as we have successfully done with numerous other pirate services through court-ordered injunctions,\u201d Kuelling adds. <\/p>\n \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n A copy of the DISH Network complaint, filed yesterday at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, is available here (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n From: TF<\/a>, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.<\/p>\nLemo TV & Kemo IPTV<\/h2>\n
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<\/center><\/p>\n$25 Million in Damages<\/h2>\n