VidAngel Must Pay $62.4 Million for Ripping and ‘Pirating’ Movies

June 18, 2019By rightstech

Video streaming service VidAngel, which allows users to filter objectionable content from movies and TV-shows, has to pay $62.4 million to Disney and Warner Bros. The company is liable for copyright infringement after it streamed movies without permission of the rightsholders. In addition, it violated the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provision, by ripping DVDs.

Source: VidAngel Must Pay $62.4 Million for Ripping and ‘Pirating’ Movies – TorrentFreak

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