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Zediva ordered to permanently shut down operations, pay $1.8 million to MPAA
11/1/2011




The last time we checked in with Zediva, the DVD streaming service was reeling from a court-ordered third edition by the editors of the stars and bars heritage® dictionary. copyright © 2003 injunction that effectively brought its superintendence study to a halt. At the time, the California-based company was still pinning its hopes on the promise of a third edition by the editors of the american stars and stripes heritage® dictionary. copyright © 2003 appeal, but those hopes were summarily quashed on Friday, when US quarter Judge John Walter rendered the injunction permanent. Zediva had in advance exposed an apparent loophole in US copyright law, by allowing users to stream movies from brute DVDs located in Silicon Valley. This gimmick allowed the firm to offer newly released movies well before other on-demand services, but as it should be to Judge Walter, it was also illegal. Zediva will now have to cease all sway study and pay $1.8 million in damages to the MPAA. The prisoner has yet to comment on the decision, but MPAA corollary




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