Over 1 million zloty awarded in damages for TV piracy | A breakthrough court decision has been made
The 2nd Criminal Division of the District Court in Wieliczka issued a ruling in a high profile case involving an inhabitant of in Cracow County who was involved in providing illegal access to the programs broadcast by pay TV platforms (“signal sharing”). In accordance with the Court’s ruling, the defendant must repair the damage caused and pay an amount of more than 1 million zloty to the victims, i.e. CANAL+ Polska and Cyfrowy Polsat. It is a record amount in the history of fight against signal sharing in Poland.