Zuffa brings legal action against Pub that streamed unlicensed feed of UFC 104
by Jesse Holland on Jan 6, 2010 11:47 AM EST
Email
Print
Well that didn't take very long.
After UFC President Dana White vowed to make life miserable for the chiselers who stream illegal feeds of live UFC programming, the Boston Herald reports that the Zuffa legal team may have bagged their first casualty in the war on pirates.
Argh!
Zuffa is suing "The Draft" and its owner, Derek Brady, for reportedly allowing a patron to connect a laptop illegally streaming UFC 104 to one of the establishment's television sets for all the customers to enjoy.
Bars and restaurants are typicaly required to purchase UFC events through an approved closed-circuit provider and can pay anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars for an event, depending on the circumstances.
They didn't pay on Oct. 24, but they may pay in court -- to the tune of $640,000 plus legals fees if found guilty.
The Vancouver Sun recently outlined the proactive approach from UFC head honcho Lorenzo Fertitta -- who recently testified for the US House Judiciary Committee during a referendum on internet piracy of sporting events. According to him, the Zuffa anti-piracy team uncovered 271 illegal streams of UFC 106 with over 140,000 viewers.
From Fertitta:
"The piracy of live sporting events is illegal, it kills jobs, and it threatens the expansion of US based companies. The UFC is potentially losing millions of dollars a year from piracy."
While I'm sure not many fans are losing sleep over the UFC's lost money, pirating pay-per-views is illegal. They may not be able to stop Internet piracy (many have tried and failed) but it's not unrealistic to think a few high profile cases involving the average Joe would at least help to deter future pirates.
Like the idiots who post their links to the illegal streams in forums that record IP addresses.
Consider yourself warned!
33 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
dana is a douche
dana u cant stop the juggernaught that is the internet!!!
Zuffa is just going to produce even more streamers
if they do WEC PPV’s
@fjbar on twitter...formerly El Mexicutioner
Like the idiots who post their links to the illegal streams in forums that record IP addresses
Yeah, WTF!!!
@fjbar on twitter...formerly El Mexicutioner
Exactly
Ive seen this several times and just cringed. Ive even seen idiots do this on the official UFC site fan post, seriously….that deserves a C’MON MAN! Makes my skin itch.
by domino effect on Jan 6, 2010 12:13 PM EST up reply actions
How the hell did they figure out that the Bar was streaming the live feed?
I mean I understand figuring out if there is an illegal box transmitting a signal but did someone call Zuffa and say, “PUB X hooked a pc to stream a live UFC event!” Outside of that I would think it would be impossible to figure that out!
The same way every1 gets popped!
snitches ,rats ,bitches, haters, jealous mofos always have 2 kill it for everybody!!
That is crazy...
Someone watches the free ppv, then what looses sleep over it? I can picture the battle of conscious late at night….Man What am I going to do I know. I just watched that pirated UFC. This being a criminal shit is to much. First, I cut the labels off my bed a year ago, then I took a fruit jelly from the Brachs candy display, and now I am a video Pirate. I gotta call Zuffa and the police and tell them just how bad I am!
Sucks but...
A competitor I bet. Probably the pub down the streets ratted them out.
The one and only Smitty...
I don't who he thinks he is
It’ll go worse than the war in Iraq…Dana’s ego and greed has gotten out of hand with this…he doesn’t even have a post secondary school education and he claiming he’s going to stop illegal streaming…it’ll be a HUGE waste of money
"Me and Michael are like Mozart...and Mozart's friend."
"No, I'm like Butch Cassidy..."
"You mess with Mozart, you're gonna get a bullet in your head. Courtesy of Butch Cassidy."
Zuffa is greedy like all corporations but you all need to understand that it is stealing when you watch a live PPV like that.
If you buy the PPV at home and record it with a DVDR then I don’t consider that stealing as long as you keep it to yourself, but I’m not sure if that is legal either.
its totally legal...it has to be
"Me and Michael are like Mozart...and Mozart's friend."
"No, I'm like Butch Cassidy..."
"You mess with Mozart, you're gonna get a bullet in your head. Courtesy of Butch Cassidy."
of course it's legal
of course it’s legal to record a PPV event to your DVR. It’s legal to invite your friends over to watch it.
What’s not legal is to charge your friends money to watch it. You can’t profit from it.
I don’t understand why everyone is bagging on Zuffa for being “greedy” in protecting their product. As if ANY company in the entire f*cking world wouldn’t do the same. That’s not “greedy,” that’s called “normal.”
Loopholes?
Any loopholes?
What if the Bar orders the fight, But instead of charging X-Amount to come watch, they invoke a 5 drink minmum clause on that “particular” saturday…like a strip club………….So theyre guarenteed x amount from each customer (who knowes theyre 5 drinks are the payment to view the fights)
idk lol
The Good Die Young
by SouthCaliStunNa on Jan 6, 2010 2:57 PM EST up reply actions
This is an issue that has broader implications then the UFC’s profit margin. This would be a big win in favor of censorship in the battle over Internet regulation. I can just see Dana heading the new Government Task Force Against Internet Pirates!
ok
I will never…ever…pay 45 bucks for something that I can either A. see at a later date for free…or B…see similar top end fights on showtime/hdnet.
I never use the illegal websites, I wouldnt even know where to begin in terms of DLing other than that justin thing dana mentioned and even that just seemed strange.
I wish UFC would embrace strikeforce etc…
this fan, would not be here or on other sites, if it wasnt for strikeforce…call me a jonny come lately, but…we need fans…why does it matter when they became fans? and why would it matter if its UFC or SF when both have fighters that have fought in the ufc?
silly silly stuff, if they would stop cross promoting, and just let a SF event be that, and a UFC event be that….we would be able to enjoy ALL the MMA we want…
dana is just nuts if he thinks EVERY ufc event is worth 45 bucks, TO ME, even worse is the fact that its 45 months ALL MONTH LONG…Dana, lower that price! are you serious? 45 3 weeks later? more like 15, and you may sell it weeks later.
Haley is the right coach who just needs good people around him, much like Cassel
Vince Wilfork will be Scott Pioli's top offseason priority and will be a Chief.
Jamaal "Do it All" Charles
What competition?
Strikeforce and Dream are not on the same revenue level as the UFC. For Zuffa, strikeforce is just another show that’s on TV, they don’t bring the same amount of money or power to PPV and are probably years away from doing it.
Zuffa is not going after their fans, they are going after a business establishment who wanted to get smart and not want to pay. Pubs just don’t pay 60dlls like the rest of us, they agree on a fee based on the number of people they can fit in cause they know it will bring extra revenue in sales for the night. Going after the average joe would be impossible, but I agree that they need to crack down on shady business practices.
by fmx on Jan 6, 2010 1:05 PM EST up reply actions
I hope Dana catches his Nuts in his fly ten times worse than Ben stiller did in something about Mary!!
“We got a bleeder!!” lol
My hate for Dana is growing by the day, and to think not so long ago I actually thought he was cool.
I"m no Ned Flanders punk!!
For a quick second I thought it said
“Zuffa brings legal action against P Dub.”
"Me and Michael are like Mozart...and Mozart's friend."
"No, I'm like Butch Cassidy..."
"You mess with Mozart, you're gonna get a bullet in your head. Courtesy of Butch Cassidy."
If you look up quick it looks like he's saying Dubs.
Frank Mir packed 30+ pounds of solid muscle onto his body in five months. Why hasn't anyone called him out for steroid use? Is it because he never wrestled for Vince McMahon? I give Mir credit for his taste in strippers/wives, not his fighting skills or his personality.
against the law
I can see the point in challenging this, from a business point of view its costing you money! moreover its illegal. that being said i realise trying to stop this from happening will be extremely difficult. I dont run streams, but i know alot of you guys do. Are they good quality or very eratic? Iv had streams for soccer before and they were never really worth watching to be honest!
In the past i have liked Dana and thought he was kicking ass for a sport i love. But he is now starting to taint it for me.
by BJPennfan on Jan 6, 2010 1:39 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
F^&* Dana white
But at the sametime if I owned Zuffa I would be the same way.. Cuz call it greedy or not rich people are rich cuz they maintain all about their money DUH
"The cowards plan is to rule amongst the incapable.. My plan is to incapacitate the cowards"
--ME
Haha...
I know I ranted about this subject yesterday but I thought when they said they were going after the people streaming it meant the people who actually were running the streams, not the idiots who display it at a bar. That kind of idiocy deserves to be punished.
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
