The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
has granted plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction
prohibiting defendant from conducting business as usual pending the
outcome of a lawsuit filed earlier this year. Disney Enterprises,
Lucas Films, 20th Century Fox, and Warner Bros. Entertainment had
filed suit against VidAngel, Inc. alleging copyright infringement
and violation of the DMCA by allowing users to circumvent
plaintiffs' encryption of their respective videos and to filter
content without consent of the owner. According to the complaint,
VidAngel is a Utah based Video on Demand service (VOD) which
empowers users to filter content which is permitted under the
Family Movie Act of 2005 (the "Act"). Defendant purchases
DVDs or Blu-Rays ("Video"), uploads copies of the Video
to its website, and, on a user's request, streams the Video for
the "purchase" price of $20.00. (A particular copy is
designated for the user and the user may only play
