Redbox sues 20th Century Fox over DVD rentals
Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:28pm EDT - Reuters.com
By Tom Hals and Sue Zeidler
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Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:28pm EDT - Reuters.com
By Tom Hals and Sue Zeidler
WILMINGTON, Del/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A brewing battle between Redbox and some members of Hollywood intensified on Wednesday as the DVD kiosk leader sued Twentieth Century Fox for trying to bar it from renting films on the day of release.
Twentieth Century Fox, a unit of News Corp, is the second big studio involved in litigation with Redbox, a unit of Coinstar Inc, which rents films for $1 per night at more than 17,000 automated kiosks around the United States.
In October, Redbox sued General Electric Co's Universal after it told wholesalers to stop supplying titles to Redbox within 45 days of release. Universal countersued.
Redbox on Wednesday said Fox, which owns the "Star Wars" and "Ice Age" titles, prevented wholesale distributors from giving it DVDs of recently released films because Redbox refused to honor a 30-day blackout period before renting them at its kiosks.
During the blackout, Fox films are only available in higher-cost outlets. Redbox asked a federal court judge in Delaware to find Fox's copyrights unenforceable. ... [MORE]
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