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 The VOD streaming service VidAngel has been told to stop.
The service buys movie discs, decrypts, rips them and then streams versions that
allow customers to filter out nudity, profanity, and violence to make them
family friendly. There were over 2,500 different film titles available on the
service. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the service broke US
copyright law and violated the rights of Disney, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Fox,
and Warner Bros. Pictures. Since VidAngel didn’t have permission in the first
place to stream the content they were told to stop. The service was shut down in
December and has to remain that way. They did start a new service in June that
filters Amazon and Netflix streams but that will likely end when the courts step
in. |
