I’ve received so many inquiries about the status of the lawsuit against VidAngel that I prepared a video update for all who have interest.

Significant Developments in the Disney  Lawsuit:

• Jul ‘15 – VidAngel asked Disney to collaborate – launched service in Aug
• Jun ‘16 – Disney sued VidAngel calling VidAngel “Pirates”
• Dec ‘16 – Los Angeles Court issued a Preliminary Injunction
• Jun ‘17 – VidAngel launched a new technology for filtering Netflix/Amazon
• California courts would not address whether new technology was lawful and said to sue for declaratory relief
• Aug ‘17 – VidAngel filed a declaratory relief lawsuit in Utah for new tech
• Aug ‘17 – 9th Circuit Upheld the Preliminary Injunction
• Oct ‘17 – VidAngel filed for Chapter 11 protection in Utah to pause the California litigation and focus on improving its new technology for Netflix and Amazon
• Disney unsuccessfully asked the Utah bankruptcy court to dismiss VidAngel’s Chapter 11 filing
• All legal proceedings now pending rulings by the Utah federal district court

Again, we want to thank our customers and investors for their patience and all their support. 

Onward and upward,

Neal Harmon

Co-founder & CEO

Sources:

The Renegade Roots of Hollywood Studios (read more)

Thomas Edison and the Kinetoscope by Haneiro Perez (read more)

Motion Picture Patents Company (read more)

Thomas Edison Drove the Film Industry to California (read more)

Independent Moving Pictures (read more)

A hundred years ago, one Hollywood studio was a great, safe place for a woman to work (read more)

United States v. Motion Picture Patents Co. (read more)

Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. (read more)