Engadget - The last time we checked in with Zediva, the DVD streaming service was reeling from a court-ordered preliminary injunction that effectively brought its operations to a halt. At the time, the California-based company was still pinning its hopes on the promise of a forthcoming appeal, but those hopes were summarily quashed on Friday, when US District Judge John Walter rendered the injunction permanent. Zediva had previously exposed an apparent loophole in US copyright law, by allowing users to stream movies from physical DVDs located in Silicon Valley.
THR: The MPAA is taking action against one of the hottest, if legally questionable, online streaming services, Zediva, which has gained a boisterous following since its launch earlier this year by going places that Netflix won't -- streaming relatively recent films like The Fighter, The Social Network and Black Swan.
I love when the MPAA and other organizations like them know technically they are beat but due to them having more money they usually can crush a small upstart like this even though they seemingly found a legit loophole.
Can't Stop The Internet Baby! Ha Ha.
Ars Technica: "Zediva—a new online movie service that gets around the need for studio licensing deals by renting users a physical disc and DVD player from afar—has proven to be a hit with users, which have stormed the startup since its launch last week. While Zediva’s popularity with public is clear, the legality of the service—and the movie industry’s opinion of the company—couldn’t be murkier."
