Technology News Desk!!! World leading anti-piracy organization Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has shut down live sports piracy site ‘watchwrestling.ai’ and its related domains, which were operating from India. ACE identified and confronted the Uttar Pradesh-based operator of the site, which transferred ‘watchwrestling.ai’ and all related domains to ACE. Sites now redirect to ACE’s “Watch Legally” page.
Last year, ‘watchwrestling.ai’ and its associated domains received more than 253 million visits. Most of the traffic came from the United States, United Kingdom, India and Canada. “The shutdown of WatchWrestling.AI marks an important victory in our ongoing campaign against live sports programming piracy,” said Jan van Voorn, Executive Vice-President and Head of Global Content Protection, Motion Picture Association, and Head of ACE. Is.”
“The use of piracy sites to watch live sporting and pay-per-view events is impacting the sustainability of live event programming. Legal Services provides premium entertainment content that is reliable and legal. Piracy funds crime groups and puts consumers at risk of malware infection. This case should serve as a warning to illegal piracy operators everywhere.” ACE worked closely with DAZN, one of the world leading live-sports streaming services and ACE member, on this action.
Ed McCarthy, Chief Operating Officer of DAZN Group, said: “DAZN has invested significant amounts in building successful businesses around combat sports, funding the development of MMA and boxing as well as providing the best quality content and service for fans. ” “To continue investing, DAZN needs to be able to protect its intellectual property. The enforcement work carried out by ACE as part of the Joint Sports Piracy Task Force initiative is a key element of this work. It is pleasing to see a criminal attempt of this size being dealt with effectively and the positive outcome is that subscribers will be redirected to legitimate providers of content like DAZN.”
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