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Fight Stream Distributor Can Pursue Claim Against TN Grill
In a matter of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit sided with a third-party sporting events distributor by finding the distributor has standing to sue a Kingsport, TN, bar under the U.S. Copyright Act for livestreaming a 2017 boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor without the proper licensing. Joe Hand Promotions Inc. v. Griffith, 21-6088 (6th Cir. 2022).
There's no dispute that CJ's Bar & Grill used a $99 personal Showtime license, rather than pay thousands of dollars for a commercial license, to stream the much-anticipated match between the famous boxer Mayweather and McGregor, a popular mixed martial arts fighter, on Aug. 26, 2017. CJ's owner and staff advertised the event and had a $6 coverage charge. Streaming the fight from a personal device, bar staff allegedly used an HDMI cable to stream the match to the bar's televisions, according to the Sixth Circuit's opinion. However, the parties dispute whether a post-fight copyright agreement between the fight's producer Showtime and the plaintiff in the present matter, Joe Hand Promotions (JHP), gave JHP the right to sue later for copyright infringement.
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