Documents from the GameFly Court Case: Excerpts from the Respondents Brief: Petitioner GameFly is a company engaged in the online rental of video games. It distributes its rental games by mailing DVD’s to customers, who then return the DVD’s to GameFly in pre-addressed reply mailers. In 2009, it filed a complaint with the Commission under […]
LOS GATOS, Calif., Oct. 10, 2011 – Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) today said it will not rename its DVD-by-mail service and that its U.S. members will continue to go to the Netflix website for both unlimited streaming and unlimited DVDs. Netflix said in a September 18 blog post that its DVD-by-mail service would operate at […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former postal employee was charged in federal court today with stealing hundreds of Netflix movies, gift cards and other mail. Felipe S. Lara, 35, of Blue Springs, Mo., waived his right to a grand jury and was […]
Gamefly Asks PRC To Speed Up Decision In USPS Preferential Treatment To Netflix Case In April 2009 Gamefly filed a complaint with the Postal Regulatory Commission stating that Netflix & Blockbuster envelopes were getting preferential treatment from USPS. Larry J. Belair, USPS senior plant manager in San Diego said in a 2010 filing to PRC: […]
Company is Increasing, by One Dollar a Month to $9.99, the Price of Popular Subscription Plan LOS GATOS, Calif., Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — With its members now watching more content streamed over the Internet than on discs delivered by mail, Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) today introduced a $7.99 streaming-only subscription plan in the United […]
INDIANAPOLIS – Ricky L. Alsip, 53, of Evansville, Indiana, was sentenced to two yearsof probation by U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young following his guilty plea to theft of mail by a postal employee. This case was the result of a investigation by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspection General. Alsip admitted that he […]
Funai, Panasonic, Sanyo, Sharp, Toshiba to Provide Netflix Ready Devices LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ — Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), the world’s largest online movie rental service, today announced agreements with five global consumer electronics companies that will introduce Netflix ready devices later this year. The partners include Funai, which distributes the Philips, Magnavox, Sylvania […]
Press Release from the U.S. Department of Justice : INDIANAPOLIS – Ricky L. Alsip, 53, Evansville, Indiana, was charged with theft of mail by postal employee, announced Timothy M. Morrison, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Indiana, following an investigation by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General. The information alleges that Alsip stole approximately […]