SCOTUS rules ISP's not responsible in music piracy

[Ricks-Cams]

Fair decision how can the ISP's know what is licensed ad what is not without snooping on users.



"Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court ruled that ISP giant Cox Communications couldn't be held liable for a billion-dollar judgment over music piracy in a case brought by Sony. On Monday, by sending another case back to a circuit court involving Grande Communications and music companies, including Sony, for reconsideration, the court seems to be reinforcing the idea that internet service providers can't be held liable for their customers' copyright infringement.

The Supreme Court relied on the precedent from the first case to send the second back, reinforcing the earlier decision.

Grande Communications is a Texas-based subsidiary of Astound Business Solutions."


https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/two- ... A4NTE4OTg1

[Wm2man]

Thank you Supreme Court for realizing what is obvious to me.

[Dorman]

Music companies take piracy and copyright very seriously and litigate hard

[AlexO]

Thank you Supreme Court for realizing what is obvious to me.

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[bucksm]

Good ruling period

[TheButcher]

If they had ruled the opposite way things would have become very hard and messy for everyone using the internet.

[shoopa]

How the hell could isp's monitor all that content it was a dumb idea

[cimage]

How the hell could isp's monitor all that content it was a dumb idea

Anything can be done if you spend enough money

[BHT]

VPN's are getting popular for a lot of reasons

[mybitches]

had this ruling gone the other way how would it be enforced?

[trafficseller]

You have to give credit to the judges on the bench for making sound decisions. This is another example of a job well done.

[urbanlegend]

All is well that ends well

[CanadianChick]

The music industry is multi-billion, the porn industry is insignificant compared to them, surprised they did not get the ruling they wanted.