Sports & PPV signal-piracy letters — draft preview

You showed a game or a fight, and a company like Joe Hand Promotions or G&G Closed Circuit Events sent a letter or a lawsuit under 47 U.S.C. §§ 553/605. These pages explain what that is and what to do. They are drafts under review and not yet signed off.

• Start here (hub)
  A Joe Hand or G&G letter over a fight or game you showed is real and lawful, not a scam, and the $110,000 is a ceiling, not a bill. First, tell which
• The law: §§553 vs 605 + copyright
  What §553, §605, and the copyright count actually mean on a signal-piracy letter, why they are separate damage systems, and why you cannot add the max
• Did they even have a case? (decoder)
  Whether §553 or §605 even reached your showing turns on how the feed actually got to the screen and on what account, not on what was on the TV. Work i
• What venues actually pay
  How investigators detect a showing, how the demand-then-sue-then-default cadence works, and the honest gap between the ceiling on the letter and what
• Got a demand letter: how to respond
  A pre-suit demand letter is not a same-day emergency, but the first hour has traps. First tell a letter from a lawsuit, then verify, preserve, and not
• Served with a lawsuit
  A summons and complaint is a filed lawsuit, not a letter. A short answer clock is running, your business cannot represent itself in federal court, and

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