MUMBAI: The ongoing legal battle between the studios and Redbox has taken another step when Fox filed a motion seeking to have the dollar DVD rental service‘s lawsuit against it dismissed in a Delaware District Court.

Earlier in August, Coinstar-owned Redbox sued Fox for copyright misuse and anti-trust violations, claiming the studio doesn‘t have the right to delay it from buying and renting its DVDs. (Redbox has also sued Warner and Universal for similar defensive measures).

Fox argued that it never actually refused to supply Redbox with its discs -- it just hasn‘t been able to come to terms with the rental kiosk company. Fox also argued that it‘s not "injuring competition" by not making its titles available to Redbox on all the rental service‘s terms - an important requisite to an anti-trust complaint.

Redbox shot back with a statement. "Fox continues its pursuit to prohibit consumer access to new-release DVDs at an affordable prices," it read. "Redbox remains steadfast in our commitment to protecting consumers‘ rights and to providing our customers the DVDs they want, where they want and at the low price they want."