Redbox may be best known for renting physical DVDs and Blu-rays, but The Wall Street Journal reports that the company is facing a lawsuit from Disney for selling digital download codes to the studio’s films. Redbox started the practice last month, offering customers the ability to purchase printouts of codes for movies like Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Moana at its kiosks, with prices set far below digital retailers like iTunes or the Google Play Store.
“Redbox is selling our digital movie codes in blatant disregard of clear prohibitions against doing so,” the company said in a statement to Variety. “Their actions violate our contracts and copyrights, and we have filed this action to stop Redbox’s unauthorized conduct.”
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