9th Circuit Finds VidAngel’s Filtering Service Infringing, Affirms Injunction

Mealey's (August 25, 2017, 8:18 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Four movie studio plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits of their copyright infringement claims against a video-streaming service that provides filtered, family-friendly copies of movies, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Aug. 24, affirming a preliminary injunction preventing any filtering of the plaintiffs’ works (Disney Enterprises Inc., et al. v. VidAngel Inc., No. 16-56843, 9th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 16188)....