TickBox Opposes Injunction Sought by Content Companies
Any copyright-infringing use of TickBox streaming media players is being done by third parties not affiliated with the company and over which TickBox TV has no control, the company said in a docket 17-cv-7496 response (in Pacer) Thursday in U.S.…
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District Court for the Central District of California, Los Angeles, to an opposition to a motion for preliminary injunction. Georgia-based TickBox TV said its actions and those of its users can't be construed as a copyright violation, so the plaintiffs seeking a preliminary injunction -- Universal Columbia Disney, Fox, Paramount, Warner Bros., Amazon and Netflix -- can't show injunctive relief is necessary to prevent irreparable harm. TickBox TV also said even if injunctive relief is warranted, the content companies' proposed injunction -- enjoining all persons in any way associated with TickBox TV from “infringing in any manner" -- is "unreasonably broad and ambiguous." The content company plaintiffs, in their complaint (in Pacer) in October, argued that TickBox unambiguously gives users directions for setting up and adding third-party software intended for "unquestionably infringing purposes, most notably to obtain instantaneous, unrestricted, and unauthorized access to infringing streams" of their content. The companies' counsel didn't comment Friday.