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Disney only lost the preliminary injunction. Redbox can continue to sell codes pending the completion of the full trial (plus appeals, if Disney loses).

nikanj 9y ago
This case will go on until Redbox goes bankrupt, settles, or is bought by Disney. Lords, even IBM vs SCO is still going strong. Huge cases like this just never really end, a curious feature of the US legal system.
- adrianN 9y ago
  It's only a failure if you're not a lawyer.
  - josteink 9y ago
    The legal system was designed by lawyers. Obviously it works for them.
    - falcolas 9y ago
      I see it as going in the opposite direction. Laws created lawyers, much like processor op codes created computer programmers. It's a specialization that not many people are in, yet which is in high demand.
    - _d8fd 9y ago
      If there's one lawyer in town, they drive a Chevrolet. If there are two lawyers in town, they both drive Cadillacs.
    - loceng 9y ago
      My mind instantly jumped to comparing to Bitcoin and other crypto-assets structured to be incentivized like Ponzi-Pyramid schemes.
- antiterra 9y ago
  Redbox is owned by a private equity fund that bought it and Coinstar for 1.6 billion USD. I doubt Disney would want to pay whatever they were asking.
- zouhair 9y ago
  The US legal system is completely broken. You are rich, you'll win even if you lose.
hajile 9y ago
With the purchase of most of Fox (pending approval), Disney will own basically every franchise you can name. If there ever were a media company that needed to be broken up, it would be Disney.
- pythonaut_16 9y ago
  It's definitely starting to look like Disney should be broken up, I just hope that they can acquire Fox first so they can keep each franchise together afterwards (e.g. all Star Wars properties owned by one entity, all Marvel properties owned by one entity, etc.)
  - Cyberdog 9y ago
    Oh, for Pete's sake. Breaking up utility or transportation companies is one thing, but this is an entertainment company - not a provider of essential societal infrastructure. And there are still plenty of other companies making movies and comics and TV shows, including other very large ones; Warner Bros, for one, and NBC/Universal, for another. Disney/ABC/Fox has nowhere near a monopoly.
    - IntronExon 9y ago
      Nowhere in antitrust law do the arbitrary distinctions you’re trying to make exist.
      - Cyberdog 9y ago
        "Is the entity in question actually a trust/monopoly-holder" is certainly a distinction I would hope exists in law.
        IntronExon 9y ago
        Agreed, but that is a very different point from the one I responded to.

nikanj 9y ago

This case will go on until Redbox goes bankrupt, settles, or is bought by Disney. Lords, even IBM vs SCO is still going strong. Huge cases like this just never really end, a curious feature of the US legal system.

adrianN 9y ago
It's only a failure if you're not a lawyer.
- josteink 9y ago
  The legal system was designed by lawyers. Obviously it works for them.
  - falcolas 9y ago
    I see it as going in the opposite direction. Laws created lawyers, much like processor op codes created computer programmers. It's a specialization that not many people are in, yet which is in high demand.
  - _d8fd 9y ago
    If there's one lawyer in town, they drive a Chevrolet. If there are two lawyers in town, they both drive Cadillacs.
  - loceng 9y ago
    My mind instantly jumped to comparing to Bitcoin and other crypto-assets structured to be incentivized like Ponzi-Pyramid schemes.
antiterra 9y ago
Redbox is owned by a private equity fund that bought it and Coinstar for 1.6 billion USD. I doubt Disney would want to pay whatever they were asking.
zouhair 9y ago
The US legal system is completely broken. You are rich, you'll win even if you lose.

hajile 9y ago

With the purchase of most of Fox (pending approval), Disney will own basically every franchise you can name. If there ever were a media company that needed to be broken up, it would be Disney.

pythonaut_16 9y ago
It's definitely starting to look like Disney should be broken up, I just hope that they can acquire Fox first so they can keep each franchise together afterwards (e.g. all Star Wars properties owned by one entity, all Marvel properties owned by one entity, etc.)
- Cyberdog 9y ago
  Oh, for Pete's sake. Breaking up utility or transportation companies is one thing, but this is an entertainment company - not a provider of essential societal infrastructure. And there are still plenty of other companies making movies and comics and TV shows, including other very large ones; Warner Bros, for one, and NBC/Universal, for another. Disney/ABC/Fox has nowhere near a monopoly.
  - IntronExon 9y ago
    Nowhere in antitrust law do the arbitrary distinctions you’re trying to make exist.
    - Cyberdog 9y ago
      "Is the entity in question actually a trust/monopoly-holder" is certainly a distinction I would hope exists in law.
      - IntronExon 9y ago
        Agreed, but that is a very different point from the one I responded to.