A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that Netflix Inc got an unfair advantage from the U.S. Postal Service’s special handling of its DVDs, and ordered postal officials to remedy the discrimination or offer a good explanation.

The unanimous decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is a win for GameFly Inc , which said the postal service should treat the games it ships similarly to Netflix DVDs.

The court did not order a specific change in how the postal service handles digital disks, instead leaving it up to the Postal Regulatory Commission to determine an equitable solution.

“The commission must either remedy all discrimination or explain why any residual discrimination is due or reasonable,” wrote Judge David Sentelle.

Neither Netflix nor GameFly immediately responded to requests for comment. The postal service also did not immediately respond.

via Reuters Netflix gets unfair postal advantage – US court

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