It has since been revealed that Walker has not been prosecuted, as he decided to heed White’s warning. White warned Walker, a known pirate of illegal streams, ahead of UFC 257, that he would be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law if he was caught streaming the fight. This warning, while applicable to all streamers, was directed at one illegal streamer in particular – Rocco Walker. White’s battle against illegal streaming was made public early in 2021 when he issued a warning on Instagram for those planning to illegally stream UFC 257.
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While many organizations want to crack down on illegal streaming, the UFC has led the charge. According to proponents of stricter copyright protections, the inability to charge illegal streaming as a felony created a “streaming loophole.” By taking advantage of this loophole, illegal streaming services were able to stream live sports with very little oversight or punishment.ĭana White’s Fight Against Illegal Streaming Prior to PLSA, streaming infringement was only considered a misdemeanor. Illegal Streaming in Sports – The “Streaming Loophole”Īthletic organizations such as the UFC and the NBA have been urging Congress to pass legislation similar to PLSA for almost as long as streaming services have existed.
In order to ensure that these groups are not targeted by PLSA, “this bill is narrowly tailored and avoids criminalizing users, who may do nothing more than click on a link, or upload a file.” Thus, due to the narrow tailoring and the language of the statute, the only people who will be punished under PLSA are “’commercial, for-profit streaming piracy services’ that make money from illegally streaming copyrighted material.” However, PLSA specifies that its target is not users of illegal websites, nor is it those who are running legal and authorized streaming services. The purpose of PLSA is to punish streamers who are pirating copyrighted content. The Protecting Lawful Streaming Act (PLSA) was introduced in Congress in 2020 as a provision of the more than 5,000-page Covid-19 Stimulus Bill. White’s most direct avenue of combating such illegal streamers is via the Protecting Lawful Streaming Act. Rather, White has made it his mission to stop those viewers who are illegally streaming UFC fights. While this makes it clear that many people paid to watch the fight legally, these are not the viewers UFC president, Dana White, is focused on. On January 23, 2021, Conor McGregor fought Dustin Poirier in a UFC fight known as “UFC 257.” The fight was available via pay-per-view and became one of the UFC’s highest selling pay-per-views ever, garnering around 1.3 million views at $69.99 per view.