NewsFactor - Online DVD-rental firm Netflix has filed a patent-infringement suit against major rival Blockbuster, seeking to shut down the competitor's online movie-rental site. In the suit, filed in California, Netflix claimed that Blockbuster is violating two Netflix patents that are related to how its subscribers pay monthly fees and how it tracks what movies it has shipped.

E! Online - Studio execs could thump their chests in victory Wednesday after announcing that the Peter Jackson-directed blockbuster had moved 6.5 million copies by its sixth day in DVD release, a record performance for Universal Studios Home Entertainment. The clamor for Kong generated $100 million from consumers anxious to take the big ape home.

Reuters - Online DVD rental company Netflix Inc. on Tuesday sued rival Blockbuster Inc. for patent infringement, asking a federal judge in Northern California to shut down Blockbuster's 18-month-old online rental service and award Netflix damages, according to a copy of the filing.

Online DVD rental company Netflix is suing rival Blockbuster for patent infringement, according to filing notes. Blockbuster declined to comment, saying it had not received a copy of the lawsuit. According to CNET, Netflix, holds two U.S. patents...

AP - Online DVD rental service Netflix Inc. on Tuesday accused Blockbuster Inc. of illegally copying its ideas in a patent infringement lawsuit challenging the video store chain's recent Internet expansion.

Reuters - Online DVD rental company Netflix Inc. on Tuesday sued rival Blockbuster Inc. for patent infringement, asking a federal judge in Northern California to shut down Blockbuster's 18-month-old online rental service and award Netflix damages, according to a copy of the filing.

AP - You probably know Tom Clancy as the author of best-selling techno-thrillers like "The Hunt for Red October" and "Patriot Games," which were turned into blockbuster movies. You may know him as the author of military nonfiction like 2004's "Battle Ready," which was surprisingly critical of the Iraq invasion. Or you may know him as the brand name on top of paperback potboilers like the "Op-Center" and "Net Force" series.

Reuters - Financier Carl Icahn will not seek control of Blockbuster Inc. at its shareholder meeting next month, despite his earlier threat and the company's declining video rental revenue, the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday.

AFP - Hollywood will make a transcendent leap onto the Internet when the Oscar-winning "Brokeback Mountain" becomes the first blockbuster available for permanent download on the same day its DVDs hit the shelves.

Reuters - A government witness buckled under pressure from prosecutors and gave a fraudulent confession that he broke the law while at Enron Corp., the first witness to testify for former CEOs Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling said on Monday.

Reuters - A full 15 years after it became an unlikely international blockbuster, the French film "Tous les Matins du Monde" is set for DVD release.

A film download service will allow UK fans to legally download and keep blockbuster movies for the first time.

AP - A British court Tuesday moved from the mystic realm of Knights Templars, Masons and the sacred feminine to a more arcane world of footnotes, sourcing and underlining as Dan Brown defended his blockbuster novel, "The Da Vinci Code."

Reuters - Multi-million dollar Hollywood blockbuster "King Kong" was named best movie at Britain's Empire magazine film awards.

AFP - Best-selling author Dan Brown broke his silence when he dismissed as "completely fanciful" claims that he stole ideas for his blockbuster "The Da Vinci Code".

Matthew Borghese - AHN Staff Writer New York, New York (AHN) - The top video rental chain in the United States, Blockbuster, reports a higher quarterly profit, despite an industry-wide decline in rentals. Blockbuster Chief Executive John Antioco says it will "outperform the U.S. rental...

AP - Fourth quarter profits fell by more than half at DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. as DVD sales of "Madagascar" failed to match last year's box office receipts from the blockbuster "Shrek 2."

Reuters - Blockbuster Inc., the nation's No. 1 video rental chain, on Thursday said it will restate financial results back through 2003 due to accounting practices related to its rental library, and its shares fell even as it reported a higher quarterly profit.

AP - "The Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown defended himself Monday in Britain's High Court against accusations he took material for his blockbuster conspiracy thriller from a 1982 book about the Holy Grail.