Reason
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week in a case with far-reaching implications for how millions of Americans use the internet.
I am going to assume that most readers of this newsletter are virtuous, clean-living types who always follow federal copyright law to the letter. But I also must assume the existence of a certain scofflaw minority. This case might just be about you rogues.
At issue this week before the Supreme Court in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment is whether “an internet service provider (ISP) can be held liable for ‘materially contributing’ to copyright infringement merely because the ISP knew that people were using certain accounts to infringe but did not terminate access, without proof that the ISP engaged in affirmative conduct with the purpose of furthering infringement.”
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