Sony's failed war against Internet piracy may doom other copyright lawsuits
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Cable firm Cox’s Supreme Court win may help all tech providers, not just ISPs.
Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas sit for a formal group photograph on October 7, 2022. Credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg
Sony and other major record labels recently suffered a thorough defeat at the Supreme Court in their attempt to make Internet service providers pay huge financial penalties for their customers’ copyright infringement. Sony’s loss is certain to have wide-ranging effects on copyright lawsuits, offering protection for ISPs, their customers, and potentially other technology companies whose services can be used for both legal and illegal purposes.
In Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment, the Supreme Court ruledthat cable Internet firm Cox is not liable under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) when its customers use their broadband connections to download or upload pirated materials. Music copyright holders claimed that once...
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