Claim

Docket number: 23-CCB-0095
Filed date: 02/28/2023 05:18 PM EST

United States Copyright Claims Board

VideoHat LLC

Claimant

beIN SPORTS Americas

Respondent

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Type

A claim for infringement

Would you like to proceed as a "smaller claims" proceeding (including the $5,000 monetary limit) instead of the standard CCB small claims proceeding?

Yes

Claimant

Organization

VideoHat LLC

City

Sheridan, WY

Authorized representative information

Name

Ahmed Eishra

hat@videohat.io

Phone

475-323-9113

Address

30 N Gould St, Ste N
Sheridan, WY 82801

Certified role

Owner, officer, partner or member

Respondent

Organization

beIN SPORTS Americas

Infringement claim: Works infringed

Title of work

Moroccan Fan asks Ancelotti for chewing gum

Author(s)

Youssef Abu Bakr

Has the work been registered by the Copyright Office?

Service request number

1-12297513221

Type of work

Motion picture and audiovisual

Describe the work

Moroccan Fan asks Ancelotti for chewing gum, a video made by our client which could be seen here: https://videohat.io/item/2191

Infringement claim: Wrongful activities

Wrongful activities

Publicly display the work

Reproduce the work

Distribute copies of the work

Is the infringement ongoing?

Yes

Infringement dates

2023 - Present

Where the alleged infringing acts occurred, such as a physical place or online. If unknown, type unknown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjPSHYIpbTk https://www.facebook.com/reel/1176199313284700?

Describe the infringement

Reuploading the content without our permission of the creator's permission.

Are any of the respondents online service providers?

Description of harm suffered and relief sought

Hi, I hope all is well with you. We are a video licensing agency, we license our clients content to networks and video marketing websites. The respondents had uploaded the content without any permission of us or the creator of the video. We reached out to them to clear a license to use the video but they refused. This caused us the loss of 500USD per license per URL (Total: 1000USD). Given the fact that the respondents is a renowned network, who is very aware of the copyright laws and licensing rules, their copyright team did not cooperate when we reached out to them. They had so many choices before violating our copyright, they could have just texted our client reaching for his permission (other users have done that) or they could have reached out to us to pay the licensing fees. Or at least they should have accepted the licensing offers we submitted to them. But they insisted on violating our rights and refused to license the content. The question is: if we or one of our clients has uploaded a sports event owned by BeinMedia Group, would it be ok? Of Course not. Same should apply to BeinMedia Group distributing our content without permission. We are asking for a relief of 2500USD per license per URL. (Total of 5000USD). Looking forward to hearing from you. Best

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