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Media provocateur Alki David‘s service stopped streaming over-the-air broadcast signals in DC in May, after ABC, Fox, and NBC filed a copyright infringement suit in federal court . But now he says he’s back on in the Nation’s Capitol. He’s also returning fire with a countersuit (<a style="font-size: 14px…

ABC, NBC and Fox today filed a lawsuit against digital entrepreneur Alki David‘s FilmOn and his Aereokiller service, claiming copyright infringement. Allbritton, which owns ABC’s TV station Washington DC also is a plaintiff in the suit. Filed in Federal District Court in D.C. on David’s 45th birthday, the complaint (re…

I’m getting a headache trying to keep track of FilmOn‘s Alki David feud with Aereo, and especially the lawsuits over who has the right to use different corporate names. David’s already defending himself in a suit filed by IAC chief Barry Diller, a major Aereo backer, over a web site David created called BarryDriller.co…

ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox got a step closer today to shutting down Alki David's online streaming of their shows. Judge George Wu granted the networks their mutually desired tentative preliminary injunction against the digital entrepreneur’s Aereokiller service this afternoon, Deadline has learned. While that doesn't mean…

UPDATE, 9:24 AM: Fox put out a statement today in response to the trade libel lawsuit FilmOn filed against them Thursday: Although we have not seen the suit we welcome the opportunity to let the court determine the legitimacy of Mr. David’s business practices. PREVIOUSLY, 5:05 PM: FilmOn has countersued Fox Broadcastin…