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Entertainment & Sports

Dec. 15, 2016

US judge halts streaming service that offers parental control filtering

The plaintiffs, headed by Disney Enterprises Inc., sued Vidangel Inc. in June, claiming that the service circumvents infringement protections.

By Steven Crighton
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A streaming website that rents films with parental control options to consumers for as low as $1 must temporarily cease service, a district judge has ruled in a case brought by a group of studios.

The plaintiffs, headed by Disney Enterprises Inc., sued Vidangel Inc. in June, claiming that the service violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act because it circumvents infringement protection...

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