UFC shuts down pirate site, targets users
Lonstein Law Office has successfully prosecuted hundreds of claims for the UFC organization for sites illegally streaming content and individual users since 2007.
UFC parent company ZUFFA has vigorously taken down sites offering unauthorized streams of UFC PPV content, seen the owners prosecuted and fined, and reached settlements with countless infringers. They have also successfully gone after establishments, generally bars, showing UFC PPVs to the public without paying the required fees (the bars purchased the PPV as a residential customer would.
FirstRowSports.com/net/tv/eu, Greenfeedz.com, Justin.tv, Ustream.tv, among dozens of others.
The latest site to be shut down is cagewatcher, and they are going after users as well. From UFC.com
As part of the on-going initiative against online piracy, Zuffa, LLC, owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) organization, successfully took down and seized the records of http://www.cagewatcher.eu, a website that illegally streamed two UFC pay-per-view events.
UFC has obtained details of the streaming site’s userbase, including email addresses, IP addresses, user names and information pertaining to individuals who watched pirated UFC events including UFC 169. Also recovered were chat transcripts from the website. Using this data, UFC will work with Lonstein Law Office to prosecute identified infringers.
Lonstein Law Office has successfully prosecuted hundreds of claims for the UFC organization for sites illegally streaming content and individual users since 2007. UFC’s status as the industry leader in pay-per-view television has helped it become a leader in cracking down on companies and individuals watching and facilitating the watching of pay-per-view events online, without paying.
The UFC is aggressive in their pursuit of pirates, outspending both MLB and NBA, and it shows no signs of letting up.