Ustream Sued for Pirated Stream of Roy Jones Jr. Fight

Square Ring, Inc, the boxing promotional company owned by professional boxer Roy Jones, Jr is suing Ustream for “massive and blatant” copyright infringement. The suit claims that Ustream, a live video streaming service, allowed 2,377 users to view a broadcast of the fight Roy Jones Jr. vs Omar Sheika free of charge on March 21, 2009. Techcrunch reports that Square Ring also alleges that Ustream has refused to comply with repeated requests to “gather” information in regard to the infringement suit.

Also, according to the suit, Square Ring Inc. attempted to get Ustream to prevent streaming the fight and they requested that a “take-down” tool be available to streamers on their website.

Ustream issued the following statement to Techcrunch regarding the suit:

Ustream is serious about complying with the copyright laws and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and we’re aggressively taking short- and long-term steps to work with the content industry to meet their needs. We believe the Square Ring lawsuit does not have merit and that we’re fully protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act Safe Harbor provisions.

The suit (below) is courtesy of Weblegal and reposted here on DocStoc.com.

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