 Having won the initial court battle, the directors and studios were in a position to collect significant damages for copyright infringement from the editing companies.Although the companies would almost certainly receive a stay of judgment pending appeals, the risk was much higher now.Since the inventory of edited movies had no value to the studios, a deal was offered whereby the companies would be allowed to sell off all of their inventory and keep the profits if they agreed not to appeal the ruling and the studios would not pursue damage claims.