{"id":65999,"date":"2013-08-07T09:38:32","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T16:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=65999"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:54:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:54:42","slug":"online-streaming-of-ufc-content-may-soon-become-felony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/online-streaming-of-ufc-content-may-soon-become-felony\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Streaming of UFC Content May Soon Become Felony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/lorenzo-new-site.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36853\" title=\"lorenzo new site\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/lorenzo-new-site.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/lorenzo-new-site.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/lorenzo-new-site-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The UFC and parent company, Zuffa, \u00a0has long sought an answer to the illegal streaming of their premium content such as their PPV events or past fights. Now, with a recent proposal created in a the wake of the failure to pass SOPA, the UFC may just get their wish of implementing the strictest of punishments to those who attempt to stream their content online.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/the-switch\/wp\/2013\/08\/05\/sopa-died-in-2012-but-obama-administration-wants-to-revive-part-of-it\/\">The Washington Post<\/a> put out a story recently, highlighting the new proposal and the relevance of a law like this being passed in the new age of internet content:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>You probably remember the online outrage over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) copyright enforcement proposal. Last week, the Department of Commerce\u2019s Internet Policy Task Force released a report on digital copyright policy that endorsed one piece of the controversial proposal: making the streaming of copyrighted works a felony.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>As it stands now, streaming a copyrighted work over the Internet is considered a violation of the public performance right. The violation is only punishable as a misdemeanor, rather than the felony charges that accompany the reproduction and distribution of copyrighted material.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The UFC is widely remembered for strongly backing the failed 2012 bill, SOPA, citing just a fraction of the overall bill as the means to backing the bill through to its inclusion in to law.<\/p>\n<p>The Commerce Department report urges strong penalties on those who mean to break these proposed laws:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>[a]dopting the same range of penalties for criminal streaming of copyrighted works to the public as now exists for criminal reproduction and distribution,&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now, with renewed hope, the UFC can crack down on those it views as detriments to the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufc-spends-second-most-of-any-major-sporting-company-in-lobbying-efforts-in-2012\/\">overall growth company.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This would mean that a felony offense can be placed on those who choose not to spend $45 on a PPV event ($55 in high-definition) and could mean serious jail time or fines.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For the latest MMA news visit <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPENN.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC and parent company, Zuffa, \u00a0has long sought an answer to the illegal streaming of their premium content such as their PPV events or past fights. 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