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Entertainment & Sports

Aug. 4, 2011

Studios win injunction against streaming service

A federal judge in Los Angeles granted injunctive relief Tuesday to the Motion Picture Association of America and its member studios in a copyright dispute with an unlicensed video rental streaming service.

By Erica E. Phillips

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A federal judge in Los Angeles granted injunctive relief Tuesday to the Motion Picture Association of America and its member studios in a copyright dispute with an unlicensed video rental streaming service.

Santa Clara-based WTV Systems Inc. purchases DVD movies and streams the playback to customers who access the movie through the company's website, Zediva.com, for a four-hour period. Zediva argued that the service was...

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