Judge Denies Disney Preliminary Injunction in Redbox Copyright Suit

A judge rejected Disney arguments seeking injunction stopping Redbox from selling codes that allow streaming of movies. U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson of Los Angeles in a docket 17-8655 order (in Pacer) Tuesday said Disney includes a "Codes are not for sale or transfer" notice inside DVD cases, but there's no evidence Redbox assented to that restriction. Ferguson said Disney's copyrights don't give it power to stop consumers from selling or transferring Blu-ray and DVD discs, and its "improper" leveraging of its digital copyrights conflicts with secondary transfers of physical copies. Disney outside counsel didn't comment Wednesday. It sued Redbox in December alleging copyright violations (see 1712010053).