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CNBC: Citing copyright violations, Periscope said it axed 30 live streams of the boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao over the weekend. Periscope, a subsidiary of Twitter, forbids streaming of copyrighted material. A spokesperson for the live streaming platform said it received 66 takedown request from rights holders who paid to broadcast the fight. Periscope removed 30 of those streams within minutes of being notified, while the remaining were no longer available by the time it received the request.