Sporting Events Increasingly Target of Piracy, Red Points Says

Saturday's Mayweather-McGregor boxing match was one of the most pirated events, with such streams reaching almost 3 million viewers, and sporting events are increasingly a piracy target, anti-piracy tech firm Red Points blogged Monday. Facebook has tightened its copyright protection, using a filter like YouTube's Copyright ID system, but Twitter Periscope employs no such protection, Red Points said, saying availability "is clearly driving piracy." Red Points said indications are large numbers of people planned to watch the fight illegally in the U.K. -- where watching would otherwise require a Sky subscription. It said MVPDs could consider more customized subscriptions, pay-per-view or one-off payment structures.