The last time we checked in with Zediva , the DVD streaming service was reeling from a court-ordered preliminary injunction that effectively brought its operations to a halt . On the time, the California-based company was still pinning its hopes at the promise of a forthcoming appeal , but those hopes were summarily quashed on Friday, when US District Judge John Walter rendered the injunction permanent. Zediva had previously exposed an apparent loophole in US copyright law, by allowing users to stream movies from physical DVDs located in Silicon Valley. This strategy allowed the firm to give newly released movies well before other on-demand services, but per Judge Walter, it was also illegal. Zediva will now need to cease all operations and pay $1.8 million in damages to the MPAA. The defendant has yet to touch upon the choice, but MPAA Associate General Counsel Dan Robbins seemed understandably delighted: “This result sends a robust message to people who would exploit the studios’ works in violation of copyright law, on the web or elsewhere, and it’s a necessary victory for the greater than 2 million American people whose livelihoods rely upon a thriving film and tv industry.”
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