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VidAngel Files Suit Against Disney, Other Studios

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VidAngel has filed suit against Disney, Warner Bros, and other popular studios for allegedly trying to shut down the family content filtering service.

VidAngel allows users to buy popular movies and TV shows that have already been filtered for language, nudity, violence, and other items. Many American homes rely on the service to keep entertainment clean and family friendly. 

Now, VidAngel is suing Disney, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros, and Lucasfilm for allegedly heading up a "conspiracy to restrain the market for online filtering services."

VidAngel's antitrust lawsuit is just the latest in its on-going battle with Disney and other industry leaders. Disney, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros filed a lawsuit in June, arguing that VidAngel is operating an "unlicensed VOD streaming service" by selling movies and shows without the permission of the copyright holder. 

VidAngel's attorneys see this complaint as just another excuse to undercut VidAngel's efforts to provide clean family entertainment. 

VidAngel attorney Baker Marquart says the studios carefully selected "misleading allegations" to "distort relevant facts."

Marquart also added that Disney, Warner Bros, and 20th Century Fox unlawfully claimed that "VidAngel needs their permission to offer a filtering service, despite Congressional law which expressly authorizes VidAngel's service without need for any such consent."

Many argue this case is not about copyright infringment, but about preventing American families from keeping explicit content out of their homes and away from their children. 

"The Plaintiffs in the VidAngel case claim that this is not about their desire to stop yet another filtering company, rather it's about our process for buying, preparing and transmitting filtered content," said Neal Harmon, CEO of VidAngel. "This case is fundamentally about filtering."

The company is asking the judge to rule that VidAngel and its process is completely legal and has the right to filter content.

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