The U.S. District Court in Los Angeles granted a permanent injunction against operators of...
The U.S. District Court in Los Angeles granted a permanent injunction against operators of the movie streaming service Zediva. The defendant is “permanently restrained and enjoined from using any copyrighted work in the Zediva service or any comparable service,” Judge…
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John Walter said in the order. In April, several movie studios filed a complaint against Zediva for copyright infringement concerning the movies made available through the service. The ruling follows a previous order directing the parties to draw up a preliminary injunction (WID Aug 3 p2). Zediva’s operators agreed to pay $1.8 million to the studios, MPAA said in a press release. The ruling sends a strong message “to those who would exploit the studios’ works in violation of copyright law, on the Internet or elsewhere,” the association said.