VidAngel Infringing Studios' Copyright, Violating DMCA, District Court Says

Pointing to no material facts in question and all the law going against VidAngel, U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte of Los Angeles Wednesday granted movie studios' summary judgment motion against the streaming service. In a docket 16-cv-04109 order (in Pacer), Birotte said VidAngel hasn't raised any triable issue of material fact or about its "last-ditch argument" that its service might be social criticism. He said VidAngel can't avoid copyright and Digital Millennium Copyright Act legal questions that the District Court and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals resolved in previously granting the studios preliminary injunction (see 1708240017). VidAngel outside counsel didn't comment Thursday.