As reported by the Media Law Prof Blog and Associated Press, the plaintiffs allege they are being deprived of their right to publicly perform their works by the defendants' streaming movies to customers without paying a license fee to the studios that produced the films. The defendants argue they are not required to pay license fees because their business is essentially a digital equivalent of a movie-rental store. The plaintiffs dispute the characterization, arguing rather, that the defendants are a video-on-demand operation illegally streaming movies over the Internet.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Movie Companies Sue Internet Movie Streamer
As reported by the Media Law Prof Blog and Associated Press, the plaintiffs allege they are being deprived of their right to publicly perform their works by the defendants' streaming movies to customers without paying a license fee to the studios that produced the films. The defendants argue they are not required to pay license fees because their business is essentially a digital equivalent of a movie-rental store. The plaintiffs dispute the characterization, arguing rather, that the defendants are a video-on-demand operation illegally streaming movies over the Internet.
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