The "difficulty in detecting unlawful interception, the widespread problem of piracy, the projected loss to plaintiff, and the need for an award sufficient to deter future piracy by defendants and others, weigh in favor of granting maximum statutory damages." J & J Sports Productions, Inc. v. Cubides, 2008 WL 2756401, *2 (S.D. Tex. 2008). J & J points to the absence of a Ninth Circuit formula to calculate section 605 damages to invoke this Court's "considerable discretion.
The "difficulty in detecting unlawful interception, the widespread problem of piracy, the projected loss to plaintiff, and the need for an award sufficient to deter future piracy by defendants and others, weigh in favor of granting maximum statutory damages." J & J Sports Productions, Inc. v. Cubides, 2008 WL 2756401, *2 (S.D. Tex. 2008). Joe Hand points to the absence of a Ninth Circuit formula to calculate section 605 damages to invoke this Court's "considerable discretion.
The "difficulty in detecting unlawful interception, the widespread problem of piracy, the projected loss to plaintiff, and the need for an award sufficient to deter future piracy by defendants and others, weigh in favor of granting maximum statutory damages." J & J Sports Productions, Inc. v. Cubides, 2008 WL 2756401, *2 (S.D. Tex. 2008). J & J points to the absence of a Ninth Circuit formula to calculate section 605 damages to invoke this Court's "considerable discretion.
Moreover, the award of attorney's fees in this case is consistent with awards in other Communications Act cases in this District. See, e.g., J J Sports Productions, Inc. v. Cubides, No. H-08-608, 2008 WL 2756401 (S.D. Tex. July 15, 2008) ($1,000 in attorney's fees); J J Sports Productions, Inc. v. Rubio, No. H-08-1770, 2008 WL 4360883 (S.D. Tex. Sept. 24, 2008) ($716.25 in attorney's fees); DirecTV, Inc. v. Estrada, No. L-03-cv-136, 2005 WL 2372066 (S.D. Tex. Sept. 26, 2005) ($5,187.