Parker fight streamer may face sizeable charges

Joseph Parker (Photosport)
Joseph Parker (Photosport)

The boxing fan who illegally streamed Joseph Parker's fight at the weekend could soon have his own fight to deal with.

Tens of thousands watched Moze Galo's illegal live stream of Joseph Parker's pay-per-view fight on Saturday night -- and if Duco Events decide they want him to pay up, he could be forced to pay up large.

Mr Galo calls himself the modern day Robin Hood -- and while he was all laughs in his Facebook post, he may not be smiling if Duco or Sky decide he needs to cough up the cash for the profits they missed out on due to his illegal stream.

"You would initiate proceedings in the High Court and your claim would either be for damages or what we call an account of profit, and you're saying to the infringer, 'You've caused us a loss and you need to compensate us'," James & Wells litigation associate Sebastien Aymeric said.

And while Duco wouldn't comment today on whether they plan to seek that compensation, Parker's promoter Dean Lonogan had previously indicated he would be looking at legal action.

"When you have people who basically steal our copyright and then on-sell it or stream it for free, then it's like, well, I think you may owe Sky TV and ourselves millions of dollars," he explained.

And they would have a strong case; Mr Aymeric says if they did decide to take legal action, they should expect compensation.

"The Facebook user might not have made a profit but it wouldn't be hard to prove that Sky or Duco had suffered a loss," he said.

And while those damages may not reach the $1 million heights Dean Lonogarn is after, Mr Aymeric says they could still very substantial.

"I suspect that it will be somewhere in the hundreds of thousands of dollars."

So, what appeared to be a good idea in order to please some Facebook followers, may now have Moze Galo trying to fight off some serious debt.

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