Legal Opinion
Disney Enterprises, Inc. v. Vidangel, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 24, 2017No. 16-56843PublishedCited by 298 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HURWITZ, Circuit Judge:
VidAngel, Inc. operates an online streaming service that removes objectionable content from movies and television shows. VidAngel purchases physical discs containing copyrighted movies and television shows, decrypts the discs to “rip” a digital copy to a computer, and then streams to its customers a filtered version of the work.
The district court found that VidAngel had likely violated both the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Copyright Act, and preliminarily enjoined VidAngel from circumventing the technological measures controlling access to copyrighted…
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