Cox ISP to pay $25m to BMG, liable for pirate users, jury verdict:
Rightscorp wins landmark ruling, Cox hit with $25M verdict in copyright case | Ars Technica
https://torrentfreak.com/cox-is-liab...illion-151217/
Cox Communications Found Liable for Users? Downloading - WSJ
Cox found liable in piracy dispute with music publisher | Reuters
Jury sides against Cox in 'trailblazing' music piracy case
"Cox also had argued it was shielded from liability by a 1998 law that creates a so-called â??safe harborâ? from copyright claims for Internet providers so long as they take certain steps, such as investigating claims of illegal downloads by users."
"... the ISP isn't protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act "safe harbor" because the company did not "reasonably implement" a policy to terminate repeat infringers."
"Cox refused to cut off service to repeat infringers, which Internet providers must do under federal law to qualify for immunity from copyright infringement claims."
"Cox had been terminating an average of 15.5 accounts per month; from October 2012 until November 2014, when the BMG lawsuit was filed, Cox terminated 22 customers in all, or 0.8 per month."
"Several major cable and phone companies (but not Cox) were already participating in a voluntary copyright alert system that pinged customers for illegal sharing. Customers who ignored warnings could have their home Internet service temporarily slowed or downgraded."
"The verdict is bound to cause grave concern among various other U.S. Internet providers. At the moment itâ??s rare for ISPs to disconnect pirating users and this case is likely to change that position."
Rightscorp wins landmark ruling, Cox hit with $25M verdict in copyright case | Ars Technica
https://torrentfreak.com/cox-is-liab...illion-151217/
Cox Communications Found Liable for Users? Downloading - WSJ
Cox found liable in piracy dispute with music publisher | Reuters
Jury sides against Cox in 'trailblazing' music piracy case
"Cox also had argued it was shielded from liability by a 1998 law that creates a so-called â??safe harborâ? from copyright claims for Internet providers so long as they take certain steps, such as investigating claims of illegal downloads by users."
"... the ISP isn't protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act "safe harbor" because the company did not "reasonably implement" a policy to terminate repeat infringers."
"Cox refused to cut off service to repeat infringers, which Internet providers must do under federal law to qualify for immunity from copyright infringement claims."
"Cox had been terminating an average of 15.5 accounts per month; from October 2012 until November 2014, when the BMG lawsuit was filed, Cox terminated 22 customers in all, or 0.8 per month."
"Several major cable and phone companies (but not Cox) were already participating in a voluntary copyright alert system that pinged customers for illegal sharing. Customers who ignored warnings could have their home Internet service temporarily slowed or downgraded."
"The verdict is bound to cause grave concern among various other U.S. Internet providers. At the moment itâ??s rare for ISPs to disconnect pirating users and this case is likely to change that position."
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