Kodi Add-Ons Defendants Argue Dish Suit Has No Jurisdiction

The U.S. District Court in Houston doesn't have jurisdiction over Adam Lackman, a Canadian, and Shahjahan Durrani, a British citizen, in Dish Network's copyright complaint against their ZemTV and TVaddons websites, the defendants said in a docket 17-CV-1618 motion to dismiss (in Pacer) Friday. They said they lack any continuous and systematic contacts with Texas, having never been there personally, and never directed business activity of any kind there. Dish didn't comment Tuesday. Last year it sued (in Pacer) the two, alleging they abetted video piracy through retransmission of channels exclusively licensed to Dish through the ZemTV add-on, downloadable at TVaddons websites, for the Kodi media player. Dish in its suit said the defendants marketed and distributed the ZemTV service and add-on to consumers in Texas and caused Dish injury in that judicial district.