Music labels sue Verizon for more than $2.6B
Major music labels sue Verizon for $2.6 billion, alleging the company profited from customers' copyright violations. Lawsuit claims Verizon ignored infringement notices and fostered piracy, seeking penalties and legal fees.
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Major music labels, including UMG Recordings, Warner Music, and Sony Music, have filed a lawsuit against Verizon, alleging that the company turned a blind eye to its customers' copyright violations for financial gain. The labels claim Verizon's lax policies encouraged subscribers to commit copyright infringement, potentially leading to damages exceeding $2.6 billion under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The lawsuit lists over 17,000 tracks from artists like Elvis Presley and Goo Goo Dolls, stating that Verizon received around 350,000 infringement notices since 2020 but failed to take substantial action against repeat offenders. The labels argue that Verizon's leniency towards infringing subscribers, coupled with faster internet speeds, created an environment conducive to piracy. The lawsuit seeks maximum penalties for each violation and legal fees, citing previous legal battles such as Viacom vs. YouTube and a reversed $1 billion judgment against Cox Communications. Verizon is accused of both contributory and vicarious copyright infringement in this ongoing legal dispute.
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2 commentsThis is exactly how it should be.
The real answer is for all ISP's to get together and completely disconnect anyone who files a copyright infringement lawsuit.
>"It is well-established law that if a party materially assists someone it knows is engaging in copyright infringement, that party is fully liable for the infringement as if it had infringed directly," the lawsuit said.
Obviously this is the heart of the problem and needs to change drastically.
Maybe if each ISP puts up a couple billion in advance (instead of waiting to be sued for it), they could build an unstoppable legal fund and lobbyist campaign that will bring the Congress around to neutralizing this kind of trolling permanently.
Or now with the recent Supreme Court decision questioning the validity of many regulatory bodies' rulemaking, at least determine the new current legal validity of any related copyright regulations that were not explicitly enumerated by Congress to begin with.
OK, so fast broadband creates civil liability because it facilitates the use of P2P protocols. I suppose this means fast motorcycle manufacturers are liable for bank robbery getaways. /s
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