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Zediva Ordered to Close its Virtual Doors and Pay up to the MPAA

DVD streaming was a bit of a gamble, and sadly for Zediva, it didn't pay off.

Zediva, for those that don't remember the very short lived site, was a DVD streaming service that let you rent a movie to watch online as if you were controlling a DVD player. You could bring up different audio tracks including commentaries and there was a plan to enable special features as well.

The method behind this tech was simple - you were actually controlling a DVD player. This process was, in the estimation of the folks at Zediva, completely legal even if they didn't pay licensing fees. The studios disagreed strongly and bam - lawsuit.

Now that the court case is finally settled, it turns out Zediva was on the wrong side of the law. They've been ordered to shut down operations and shell out a whopping $1.8 million to the MPAA.

Source: Engadget

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TiVo and Dish Reach $500 Million Settlement in Patent Lawsuit

Dish has been ordered to pay out $300 million to TiVo immediately, and another $200 million in the next five years.

The long running lawsuit between TiVo and Dish Network has finally been settled. The result of the settlement is a settlement that will see Dish paying a massive $500 million dollars to TiVo.

Half a billion dollars is a lot to shell out, but it's not a total loss for Dish. The two companies have arranged patent licenses for each other. Dish gave TiVo rights to a few technologies and TiVo gave Dish a license to the Time Warp patent that started the whole lawsuit in the first place.

"We have tremendous respect for TiVo's management," says Dish CEO Charlie Egan, "and we have always said that regardless of the outcome of the case, there were many ways that we could work together with TiVo."

Source: Engadget

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