Hollywood Studios Win Preliminary Injunction Against Zediva
By Dennis Kuba
August 2, 2011
August 2, 2011
- A U.S. District judge in Los Angeles issued a preliminary injunction against Zediva, favoring the Motion Picture Association of America in its copyright infringement lawsuit.
- Dan Robbins, senior VP for the MPAA, calls the decision a great victory for workers in the film and television industry.
- Zediva streams recently released DVDs to customers and claims it is no different than a brick-and-mortar rental service but operates over the Internet.
- Judge John Walter concluded that Zediva violates the “transmit” clause of the Copyright Act. Zediva will appeal the decision.
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