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ClearPlay Freed From Hollywood Litigation Federal court dismisses all claims in light of the passage of the Family Movie Act of 2005. Ends nearly three years of litigation between ClearPlay and Hollywood Salt Lake City, August 18, 2005—A Federal Judge in Denver, Colorado has dismissed all claims in the Hollywood lawsuit against ClearPlay, ending three years of litigation between the company and both Hollywood studios and the Directors Guild of America. The decision, by Federal Judge Richard P. Matsch, came as the result of Congress passing The Family Movie Act earlier this year, which declared that ClearPlay’s movie filtering technology was not a violation of Hollywood copyrights.“This is a long-awaited victory,” said ClearPlay CEO Bill Aho. “It has been challenging litigation and we’re happy to put it behind us and move forward.” ClearPlay was represented in the litigation by Winston & Strawn and noted copyright technology attorney Andrew P. Bridges. The decision comes just as ClearPlay has released one new DVD filtering product and is preparing to release a DVD Player with a USB jump drive for storing and playing ClearPlay Filters. In addition, ClearPlay will introduce ClearPlay TV in 2006, which will provide revolutionary profanity filtering for broadcast television. About ClearPlay ClearPlay Inc., incorporated in 2001, develops advanced parental control technologies for consumer electronic products, including DVD players and recorders, TV’s, cable and set-top boxes, digital video recorders, etc. ClearPlay gives consumers the ability to skip and mute over graphic violence, sex, nudity and profanity if they choose. ClearPlay DVD players and Filters can be purchased at www.ClearPlay.com Contact: Richard Grove Ink inc. 816-753-6222 dgrove@inkincpr.com Lee Jarman ClearPlay Inc. (801) 463-4899 lee@clearplay.com |
