VidAngel Inc., a streaming service that strips nudity and bad language from movies and TV shows per viewers’ instructions, was hit with a $62 million jury verdict for willfully infringing the copyrights of Hollywood movie studios.
A federal jury in Los Angeles on June 17 returned a verdict of $75,000 in statutory damages for each of the 819 works VidAngel infringed.
“We disagree with today’s ruling and have not lessened our resolve to save filtering for families one iota,” VidAngel Chief Executive Officer Neal Harmon said in a statement. “VidAngel plans to appeal the district court ruling, and explore options ...
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