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Triller offers fans who illegally streamed Jake Paul vs Ben Askren last chance to pay $50 PPV fee or face $150k fine

, Triller offers fans who illegally streamed Jake Paul vs Ben Askren last chance to pay $50 PPV fee or face $150k fine

TRILLER have offered fans who illegally streamed Jake Paul’s win against Ben Askren a last chance to pay or else face a fine.

Paul has claimed the fight sold 1.5million pay-per-views, making it the tenth biggest in boxing history.

Jake Paul during his won against Ben Askren

But Triller later announced they had filed a legal challenge in California against 11 streaming sites.

They alleged over two million people illegally streamed the event, causing losses of over $100m.

Now, social media company Triller have given fans who illegally streamed the chance to pay for the event.

A company executive has told Reuters there is the potential for Triller to pursue legal action and a maximum penalty of $150,000 per illegal stream of the fight.

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Triller’s head of piracy Matt St. Claire said: “VPNs all have to comply and turn over the actual IP addresses of each person who stole the fight in discovery.

“We will be able to identify each and every person, VPN or not, as each stream has a unique fingerprint embedded in the content.

“Triller will pursue the full $150,000 penalty per person per instance for anyone who doesn’t do the right thing and pay before the deadline.”

Paul, 24, won the bout by first-round knockout to move to 3-0 in his career.

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Film producer Ryan Kavanaugh, the co-controlling shareholder of Triller, later hit out at the alleged illegal streamers.

He said: “It’s shocking to think a theft so grand can be done so blatantly and brazenly and with no remorse.

“There is zero difference between what they did and walking into a market stealing tons of a product and selling it at a discount in the parking lot.

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“It’s neither civilly nor criminally any different, and we are prosecuting to the fullest extent of the law.”

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