📰 New article from TorrentFreak
DISH Sues ‘DMTN IPTV’ in $21m Piracy Lawsuit; Operator Posed as Breaking Bad Creator
DISH Network Goes Full Breaking Bad Mode in $21M Piracy Lawsuit
When pirates go full Hollywood villain, you know it’s going to be good TV—especially when they impersonate Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan.
DISH Network has filed a $21 million lawsuit against Moroccan national Idriss Elkasmi and crew behind the pirate IPTV service “DMTN IPTV” (and its many aliases like Idriss Premium TV and Manx TV), accusing them of mass copyright infringement, deceptive billing tricks, and bizarrely… identity theft.
Here’s the twist:
- The operators allegedly used fake receipts listing purchases as “Philos Brown Leather Backpack” to sneak payments through a shell company called “Genuine Leather.”
- When DISH’s investigator asked for proof of purchase, they got a receipt for a backpack—and then working IPTV credentials.
- Later, Elkasmi swapped his Facebook photo with a legit image of Vince Gilligan—no relation, per DISH. (Gilligan’s IMDB confirms he’s just… a showrunner.)
The piracy operation allegedly streamed 100,000+ movies/series and thousands of live channels. DISH says it sent 68 cease-and-desist notices between 2021–2026—ignored each time.
Now, DISH wants not just damages but a broad injunction targeting everyone from domain hosts to payment processors.
IBCAP’s Chris Kuelling sounds confident: “We expect a similar outcome as past wins.”
If history repeats, those domains—dmtn8k.com, dmtniptv.net—may soon vanish for real.
Bonus trivia: “DMTN” stands for… well, probably not “Don’t Mention The Netflix.”