Courts find Justin.tv not guilty of 'stealing cable' in lawsuit filed by UFC

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White announces his offensive front on Internet piracy in July 2010, starting with popular online web streaming service Justin.tv:


"I can’t wait to go after the thieves that are stealing our content. This is a fight we will not lose."

The war isn't over, but the UFC is suffering major casualties on the battlefield.

That's because the world's largest fight promotion saw two of its primary arguments, Trademark and Communications Act, waved off by the powers that be in the United States District Court (Nevada). But was it an early stoppage?

Here is the initial filing:


Zuffa, LLC ("Zuffa"), owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship® ("UFC®") brand filed a lawsuit against Justin.tv, Inc. ("Justin.tv") for copyright and trademark infringement in United States District Court for the District of Nevada arising from Justin.tv's repeated and ongoing failure to meaningfully address the rampant and illegal uploading of video of live Pay-Per-View UFC® events by members and users of the Justin.tv website. ... For example, on October 23, 2010, over 50,000 people watched live streaming feeds of the UFC 121 Pay-Per-View event. Indeed, third-party contractors hired and paid for by Zuffa, removed more than 200 infringing live streams of UFC 121 from the Justin.tv website. This piracy represents a significant loss of revenue to Zuffa and its mobile, online, cable and satellite distribution partners each year.