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| | Law.com - DirecTV Suing Consumers Directly |
 | | DirecTV is demanding that violators be ordered to pay $10,000 in damages for each "pirate access device" purchased by a defendant, plus $850 in attorney fees. |
 | | DirecTV is the nation's largest provider of digital satellite television, delivering 225 channels from broadcast centers in Castle Rock, Colo., and Los Angeles to millions of U.S. subscribers via multiple satellites in orbit 22,300 miles above the Earth. |
 | | Everyone identified in those records was sent a letter by DirecTV promising that the company would forgo litigation if they would surrender their illegal access devices, promise never to buy them again, and pay damages of approximately $3,500, Mercer said. |
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