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Baw streams PPV fight on Facebook Live, gets hit with bill for $115K
Posted on 1/9/18 at 9:46 am
Posted on 1/9/18 at 9:46 am
Fox News
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A British boxing fan was hit with a $115,000 bill after a friend of his streamed the April 2017 Anthony Joshua/Wladimir Klitschko fight on Facebook Live.
Craig Foster paid the £19.95 ($26.99) to watch the fight on Sky Box Office, allowing him to watch the April fight on pay-per-view at his home with his friends. But one of Foster's friends, who reportedly had too much to drink, started streaming the fight on Foster's iPad to Facebook Live.
Sky found Foster from the watermark on his account number, which showed up on the screen, according to The Mirror, which first reported the news.
After Sky tracked him down, they canceled Foster's subscription and sent him a bill for £85,000 ($115,000), citing lost revenue from pay-per-view sales. The Facebook stream was watched by approximately 4,250 people. Approximately 400,000 people in total used Facebook to illegally watched the fight.
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Posted on 1/9/18 at 9:47 am to tss22h8
I bet he doesn't think an annual subscription to ExpressVPN for $99 is expensive anymore.
Posted on 1/9/18 at 9:47 am to tss22h8
Watermark on the screen gives him away? Damn they have some strong security
Posted on 1/9/18 at 9:49 am to tss22h8
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citing lost revenue from pay-per-view sales.
Doubtful
Posted on 1/9/18 at 9:50 am to Will Cover
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Sky found Foster from the watermark on his account number, which showed up on the screen, according to The Mirror, which first reported the news.
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I bet he doesn't think an annual subscription to ExpressVPN for $99 is expensive anymore.
How exactly would a VPN helped him here?
Posted on 1/9/18 at 9:59 am to Upperdecker
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Watermark on the screen gives him away? Damn they have some strong security
YES. They have that technology for intellectual property. I tried to post a video of my daughter Singing at a Talent competition and the Logo on the curtains behind the contestants is what FB identified used to remove my video 3 times I tried to post it.
Ended up posting a link to a Youtube of it.
TLDR Facebook most definitely has Image/Logo recognition->Take action capabilities.
This post was edited on 1/9/18 at 9:59 am
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