Triller is offering those pirates that stole the Jake Paul-Ben Askren PPV to pay or else face the consequences.
On the Fite.tv web site, it set up a page allowing for those that “individuals who unlawfully viewed or displayed the event but were not otherwise involved in its illegal sale or distribution are eligible to receive a one-time settlement and release for their unlawful acts…”
The basis of this request is premised upon a lawsuit filed by Triller Fight Club against several web site hosting the illegal streaming of the PPV fight which aired on April 23rd.
While Triller named web sites in its lawsuit, it did not seek out individuals and/or end-users of the PPV.
The amnesty will be available through June 1, 2021.
Payout Perspective:
One might suggest that this offer, through the company’s distribution partner, will grab many individuals weary that they may get caught up in a bigger lawsuit. Certainly, the inference from this action is that Triller will try to obtain information from the web sites that they sued and track down individuals that viewed the PPV without paying. Similar to what happened with users of “Napster” or other music download sites, the eventual strategy of IP rights holders was to threaten to go after the end-user, consumer to dissuade people from stealing PPV. We will see if this method brings in people. Or, will people be concerned with Triller going after them after giving up their personal information.
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