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Piksel told to pass source code to client FilmFlex

February 26, 2015 11.44 Europe/London By Julian Clover

filmflexThe High Court in London has ordered Piksel has been ordered to hand over source code to VOD delivery provider FilmFlex.

The company, owned since May 2014 by the US firm Vubiquity Inc, used software provided by the former Ioko to both deliver content and interface with the billing systems of its customers. These include Virgin Media, TalkTalk, 4oD and EE.

Vubiquity said it couldn’t run its business thoroughly without access to the source codes.

Professor Wolfgang Emmerich, Professor of Distributed Computing at University College, London told the court that the only commercially realistic way to carry out the acts that FilmFlex was licensed to do with the software was by modifying the source code and then compiling it into object code.

FilmFlex was also seeking damages for breach of contract from Piksel due to its failure to hand over the source code.

The two companies had worked together on the implementation of the software and Mrs Justice Rose DBE, presiding, said FilmFlex was entitled to the rights under the licensing agreement.

She told Piksel to pass a copy of the software to FilmFlex either by memory stick or disk or through an email.

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Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Regulation Tagged With: FilmFlex, Piksel Edited: 27 February 2015 09:50

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About Julian Clover

Julian Clover is a Media and Technology journalist based in Cambridge, UK. He works in online and printed media. Julian is also a voice on local radio. You can talk to Julian on X @julianclover, or by email at jclover@broadbandtvnews.com.

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