Is piracy a legitimate factor for the decline of UFC PPVs?

[Bluesville]

I made a thread on this a year or so ago. It had some interesting grey areas pointed out, I can't recall if we ever got a legit answer on what's legal/not legal when it comes to streaming within and outside the USA.

http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/thread/2270498/If-you-stream-a-UFC-ppv-is-it-still-wrong-if/

I saw that thread after I'd posted. I've got to be honest it made my head spin - until I saw it had been bumped ha ha. I was like "what the fuck is going on here?".

 

[Rico_Cutler]

Piracy is NOT a legitimate factor IMO.

The biggest reason is over priced lack luster cards along with free cards just about every weekend. Most the people streaming would not be buying all the PPVs.