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Pirate Bay Sports-Content Uploader Faces $32m Lawsuit

As reported by TorrentFreak, a New York man's large-scale pirating of Ultimate Fighting Championship videos via The Pirate Bay and KickassTorrents has landed him on the uncomfortable end of a $32 million lawsuit. From the article: "Known online as Secludedly, the man uploaded at least 124 events. As a result UFC parent Zuffa is hitting him with everything from copyright infringement, to fraud, to breach of contract. ... The lawsuit, which includes two other doe defendants and an unknown company Zuffa refers to as XYZ Corp (“a business entity, the exact nature of which is unknown”), centers around the unlawful recording (“capping”), uploading and distribution of more than 120 UFC events via two of the world’s biggest torrent sites. ... Also receiving a prominent mention from Zuffa is the fact that Secludedly allowed people to donate via a PayPal in order to help with the financing of future ripping and uploading activities."

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  1. No link to TFA? by Sqr(twg) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Why is there no link to the f* article in the summary?

    1. Re:No link to TFA? by concertina226 · · Score: 4, Informative

      Well the story it came from is here, which tells you who secludedly is - Torrent Freak is the only site online that doesn't want to name him: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/pirat...