Content Companies Win Preliminary Injunction Against TickBox

U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald of Los Angeles ordered streaming media player company TickBox not to provide links to any addons or other software it believes link to pirate streaming sites and to issue a software update that will delete such addons previously downloaded onto the boxes. A docket 17-cv-7496 preliminary injunction (in Pacer) issued Tuesday also ordered that within 24 hours of getting a written notice from a plaintiff that any such addon available through TickBox devices leads to pirate sites, the company remove or disable access through its menus. TickBox was fighting the preliminary injunction sought by Universal Columbia Disney, Fox, Paramount, Warner Bros., Amazon and Netflix (see 1712290026). TickBox outside counsel didn't comment Wednesday.