Tele-Media Co. of Western Connecticut v. Antidormi

ORDER

CHATIGNY, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a provider of cable television service in an eight-town area in Connecticut, has joined 104 individual defendants in this action, claiming that each one used an altered converter to cause unauthorized reception of plaintiffs premium or pay-per-view programming in violation of 47 U.S.C. § 553. No conspiracy or joint action is alleged on the part of any defendant. Plaintiff seeks statutory damages. The statute authorizes damages of $250 to $10,000, unless the violator was not aware his acts constituted an offense, in which case the damages may be not…