Brooklyn Lounge Pirated Fight Without Paying $1,000 License Fee, Says G&G

Island Seas Lounge in Brooklyn intercepted and showed the Gervonta Davis vs. Hector Luis Garcia championship fight Jan. 7 without authorization from distributor G&G Closed Circuit Events, said a Friday complaint (docket 1:23-cv-04900) in U.S. District Court for Eastern New York in Brooklyn. G&G contracted with various establishments throughout New York for rights to broadcast the fight in exchange for a fee, but the defendant showed the program on three screens in front of about 125 people for commercial gain without paying the $1,000 rights fee, said the complaint. G&G seeks damages of $10,000 for each violation of the Communications Act and up to $100,000 for each willful violation, plus attorneys’ fees and court costs.