Alabama Lounge Pirated 2 Boxing Matches, Says Complaint

Celebrity Lounge in Mobile, Alabama, showed two boxing matches without authorization from commercial distribution rights owner Joe Hand Productions, which had exclusive rights to the matches, said a Wednesday piracy complaint (docket 1:23-cv-00066) in U.S. District Court for Southern Alabama in Mobile. The bar illegally showed Errol Spence Jr. vs. Shawn Porter in September 2019 and Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury II in February 2020, violating the Communications Act, alleged the plaintiff, which seeks statutory damages, attorneys’ fees, interest and legal costs.