DirecTV, Inc. v. Schulien

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

COLE, United States Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiff DirecTV brings this action against defendant Pete Schulien, claiming that he engaged in the piracy of its encrypted satellite television transmissions. As such, DirecTV alleges that he violated the Federal Communications Act (“FCA”), 47 U.S.C. § 605, and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (“ECPA”), 18 U.S.C. §§ 2511-2512, and committed the common law tort of conversion. DirecTV has moved for summary judgment under Fed.R.CivJ?. 56(c) on its FCA and ECPA claims 1 , and defendant has chosen not to oppose DirecTV’s…