Pingie: HTTP:: Ustream Sued over Pirated Boxing Match Broadcast

HTTP:: Ustream Sued over Pirated Boxing Match Broadcast
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Online video has always been a tricky issue for services offering hosting and sharing because the companies providing the services have little control over what their users share. It took YouTube years to get some effective anti-piracy tools and the problem still isn't completely gone. The same problem now plagues live streaming services like Ustream or Justin.TV. In fact, Ustream is now getting sued by Square Ring, a boxing promotional company, as TechCrunch reports, for allowing one user to stream a pay-per-view boxing match. Square Ring, the property of professional boxer Roy Jones, Jr., claims that it sent a letter to Ustream, following the illegal broadcast looking to settle the matter outside of court. “Plaintiff’s letter further advised Defendants that, to Plaintiff’s knowledge, they permitted approximately 2,377 users to view Plaintiff’s pay-per-view program completely free of charge, in violation of Plaintiff’s rights. To date, Defendants have neither c!
omplied with Plaintiff’s request nor responded to Plaintiff’s letter,” the lawsuit filing reads. In the suit, the boxing promotional company also claims it contacted Ustream prior to the event to help prevent the streaming either with a “takedown tool” or by actively monitoring the s...
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