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UFC shuts down illegal streaming site, will try to prosecute viewers
By Tim Burke @TB_Money on Feb 10 2014
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The UFC's continuing fight against online piracy has led them to shut down a streaming site that showed their events, and they're apparently looking to prosecute the viewers.
The UFC apparently isn't going to just roll over when it comes to online piracy. The company has issued a press release in regards to an illegal streaming since tha they were able to shut down. And they are apparently looking to prosecute the people that watched their events on the site:
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 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 has been talking about going after viewers since 2012, which is relatively uncommon in these sorts of cases. This particular site seems rather small-scale, considering they only showed two events. But the company is obviously publicizing it in order to get it out there that they're not going to just sit on their hands and do nothing about it.
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Never ends well when criminals go after criminals. When a crooked organization goes after petty shit like this, you know the ego has jumped the shark and it won't end well.
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What kind of moron tries to prosecute his own fans?
someone didnt pay attention to Metallica.....
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What kind of moron tries to prosecute his own fans?
someone didnt pay attention to Metallica.....
Exactly.
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They actually hire a company in India to get these streams shutdown.
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Prosecute individual viewers? No way. There will be thousands of people to track down.
Too much legal costs & legal work over a $55 pay-per-view
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Dana White jewish ???
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Dana White jewish ???
I thought you were Jewish?? Those hips don't lie.
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Dana White is a fucking prick anyway... and he only owns 9 or 10% of the UFC. Guaranteed he's the one pushing this....
Nobody likes him, not his fighters, promoters, nobody.
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I just download and watch it the day after if i could not make it to a bar no way i am paying for that shit.
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What kind of moron tries to prosecute his own fans?
someone didnt pay attention to Metallica.....
If someone is pirating videos instead of paying for them like everyone else....then they are NOT A FAN
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If someone is pirating videos instead of paying for them like everyone else....then they are NOT A FAN
yes mr vince money goodsum why dont you get a real job and stop getting government assistance and living off my taxes.
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I thought you were Jewish?? Those hips don't lie.
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watch out Choas, wolfsdownncox might try and hold you down and rape you with his massive 12" cannons if you keep ignoring his subrle advances......
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Good luck with that one.
Streaming isn't going anywhere.
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UFC shuts down illegal streaming site, will try to prosecute viewers
We will have the best working links to the next UFC pay per view event as usual.
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mma is a dying sport
It never really lived. :-\
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What kind of moron tries to prosecute his own fans?
That's what I was thinking when I read it, lol
WTF?
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We will have the best working links to the next UFC pay per view event as usual.
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You're not worried about being prosecuted? ???
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You're not worried about being prosecuted? ???
OMR doesn't mind being prostituted.
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You're not worried about being prosecuted? ???
I'm not the one hosting the sites. The individual owners to those sites are the ones that should be concerned (not really, especially when a lot of those sites are within Russia, good luck with that).
With regards to the viewers being prosecuted, just use TOR browser or another proxy browser and you should be fine.
I typically watch those fights at the local bars. If I am traveling, then I simply stream them from my laptop.
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UFC peaked in 08-09 IMHO. I'll still watch here and there but the cards aren't must see like they once were. Plus I think the way Dana pays and takes care of his fighters is complete bull shit. He's like the pimp that beats the woman that don't know any better and take their $. The fighters deserve so so much better
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RIP UFC
They had some good success back in the day, they even had their chance to sign Fedor at one point in time.
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What kind of moron tries to prosecute his own fans?
someone didnt pay attention to Metallica.....
He's still thinking like a doorman. Some things never change.