Netflix, Disney Sue Streaming Sites for Copyright Infringement

A group of entertainment powerhouses including Universal Studios Productions LLLP, Disney Enterprises Inc., and Netflix U.S. LLC accused two streaming sites of infringing on their copyrights.

AllAccessTV (AATV) and Quality Restreams don’t have permission to sell access to the media companies’ copyrighted movies and television programs, according to a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Paramount Pictures Corp., Amazon Content Services LLC, Apple Video Programming LLC, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Columbia Pictures Industries Inc., and Screen Gem Inc. also joined in the lawsuit.

Some of the plaintiffs’ most popular ...