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Technology That Filters Movie Content Infringes Studios' Copyrights
“Star Wars is still Star Wars, even without Princess Leia's bikini scene,” said federal Circuit Judge Andrew D. Hurwitz in denying an appeal by the movie-filtering service VidAngel to lift an injunction that has kept its technology off the market since December 2016. Disney Enterprises v. VidAngel Inc., 16-56843. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously upheld an injunction entered by the Central District of California on the request of three Hollywood studios: Disney, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. The order prevents VidAngel from selling its technology that allows people to filter movies to remove content the user finds offensive.
Most operations at the Provo, UT-based VidAngel have been on hold since U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte Jr. ruled last year that the three studios and Star Wars production company LucasFilm were likely to prevail in a suit claiming their copyrights were infringed. See, “Movie Filtering Company Is Told To Shut Down,” in our January 2017 issue.
“We're disappointed,” said Peter Stris of Stris & Maher who represented VidAngel, “and will review our strategy for moving forward.”
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