{"id":44275,"date":"2024-02-21T20:37:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T01:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technewsday.com\/?p=44275"},"modified":"2024-02-21T20:37:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T01:37:21","slug":"one-billion-dollar-copyright-infringement-killed-on-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/one-billion-dollar-copyright-infringement-killed-on-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"One billion dollar copyright infringement killed on appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The $1 billion copyright infringement verdict against Cox Communications was overturned by a federal appeals court, which ruled that Cox did not directly profit from its users&#8217; piracy. This decision calls for a new damages trial, potentially reducing the financial liability for Cox.<\/p>\n<p>The case emphasizes the challenges in holding ISPs accountable for users&#8217; copyright infringements, highlighting the legal nuances of vicarious liability and the requirements for direct financial benefit from such activities. Cox may still be held liable in a future trial for turning a blind eye to copyright infringement, but this is presumed to draw a far lower penalty if they are found guilty.<\/p>\n<p>However the case turns out, this has significant implications for ISPs and others who may hold or transmit copyrighted materials.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The $1 billion copyright infringement verdict against Cox Communications was overturned by a federal appeals court, which ruled that Cox did not directly profit from its users&#8217; piracy. This decision calls for a new damages trial, potentially reducing the financial liability for Cox. The case emphasizes the challenges in holding ISPs accountable for users&#8217; copyright [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44276,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[355,356,9,215],"tags":[1310,275],"class_list":["post-44275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal","category-legislation-regulation","category-todays-news","category-top-stories","tag-cox-communication","tag-top-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44277,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44275\/revisions\/44277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}