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Trump admin tells SCOTUS: ISPs shouldn’t be forced to boot alleged pirates
Trump admin backs Cox in Supreme Court piracy battle against record labels.
Cox, which says ISPs shouldn't have to terminate customers based on unproven allegations of copyright infringement, has been seeking Supreme Court review of Sony's victory in the underlying lawsuit. But the appeals court affirmed a jury's finding that Cox was guilty of willful contributory infringement, raising the likelihood that ISPs would have to terminate customers accused of piracy to avoid liability. "That instruction was mistaken because it allowed the jury to award enhanced damages even if Cox reasonably believed that its own conduct in declining to terminate infringing subscribers' Internet access was consistent with the Copyright Act."
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