Court shut down SATCON  

Liberia’s Commercial Court has shut down the head office of SATCON Liberia, a digital satellite company in Congo Town, for violating intellectual property and content rights.

By Lincoln G. Peters

Monrovia, May 19, 2025: The action follows a Supreme Court ruling on February 18, 2025, which found SATCON guilty of illegally airing sports content without permission and authorization from Consolidated Group DSTV-Liberia

” COURT’S ORDER in its enforcement of judgement: It is the judgment of the Honourable Supreme Court that “The evidence overwhelmingly establishes that the 1″ Appellee knowingly and with impunity violated the contents rights of the appellant’s principal without authority to the injury and detriment of the appellant. Hence, the 1” Appellee is prohibited and enjoined from broadcasting such protected contents of the appellant’s principal as established by the evidence”. This order of the Honourable Supreme Court prohibits and enjoins you from broadcasting such protective contents (La Liga and English Premier League Games). Failure to adhere to this order shall subject you to Contempt of Court pursuant to law. and for so doing, This Shall Constitute Your Legal and Sufficient Authority.” The court ordered.

 The case was brought by Consolidated Group, managed by the political leader of the Movement for Progressive Change (MPC), Simeon Freeman, who accused SATCON and K3 Telecom of showing exclusive DSTV content, which includes the English Premier League and La Liga.

 The Consolidated Group said it lost over US$5.1 million due to the unauthorized broadcasts of content by SATCON. The Supreme Court ruled that SATCON knowingly broke the law and harmed the rights of DSTV’s owners. The court has now banned SATCON from broadcasting the content and warned that any further violations will lead to contempt charges. -Othello B. Garblah.