MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER I. INTRODUCTION In a complaint dated October 22, 2019, Plaintiffs allege violations of the Federal Communications Act (“FCA”), 47 U.S.C. 605, based on Defendants’ alleged involvement in the operation of illicit streaming services that capture Plaintiff DISH Network LLC’s (“DISH”) satellite communications of television programming and then retransmit that DISH programming, without authorization, to customers that purchased the equipment needed to access these services from Defendants (the “Rebroadcasting Scheme”). See Dkt. No. 1. Defendants failed to answer the complaint, despite being granted an extension of time to do so. On December 27, 2019, Plaintiffs requested that the Clerk enter default against all named Defendants, which the Clerk entered that same day. See Dkt. Nos. 18 & 19. Currently before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment. See Dkt. No. 25. II. BACKGROUND DISH is the fourth largest pay-television provider in the United States and delivers programming to millions of subscribers nationwide. See Dkt. No. 1 at
1, 11. DISH’s subscribers have access to hundreds of television channels, including movies, sports programs, and general entertainment services (“DISH Programming”). See id. at 11. DISH contracts for and purchases the right to broadcast DISH Programming from various rights holders. See id. Plaintiff NagraStar LLC (“NagraStar”) provides conditional access security technology that authorizes the subscriber’s receipt of DISH Programming. See id. at 12. DISH Programming is encrypted prior to being uplinked to satellites, and then retransmitted from the satellites to subscribers that (1) purchased from DISH the right to view such programming, and (2) have the equipment necessary to receive and decrypt DISH’s satellite communications, including a DISH receiver and NagraStar smart card that convert DISH’s encrypted satellite communications into viewable DISH Programming. See id. Defendants Debra Henderson and John Henderson are a mother and son team that operated the website previously accessible at https://boommedia.org (“Boommedia.org”). See id. at
