In a statement issued following the decision, the ISP called the judgement ‘unwarranted, unjust and an egregious amount’ and added that it plans to appeal.<\/p>\n
The case against Cox was launched by Sony, Universal and Warner last year, with the company accused at the time of having ‘knowingly contributed to, and reaped substantial profits from, massive copyright infringement committed by thousands of its subscribers’.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit followed BMG’s settlement<\/a> in August 2018 for its own copyright infringement case against Cox.<\/p>\n NMPA President David Israelite said in a statement that the outcome of the case ‘serves as a warning to those who willingly turn a blind eye and enable their users to share music illegally’.<\/p>\n “Unfortunately, some customers have chosen to use that connection for wrongful activity. We don\u2019t condone it, we educate on it and we do our best to help curb it, but we shouldn\u2019t be held responsible for the bad actions of others.\u201d<\/p>\n Cox communications<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Responding to the judgement, Cox Communications said: \u201cThe judgement is unwarranted, unjust and an egregious amount. We plan to appeal the case and vigorously defend ourselves.<\/p>\n “We provide customers with a powerful tool that connects to a world full of content and information. Unfortunately, some customers have chosen to use that connection for wrongful activity.<\/p>\n “We don\u2019t condone it, we educate on it and we do our best to help curb it, but we shouldn\u2019t be held responsible for the bad actions of others.\u201d<\/p>\n David Israelite, NMPA<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n NMPA President & CEO David Israelite said: \u201cToday\u2019s victory on behalf of music publishers and record labels who own over 10,000 copyrights is a clear message to ISPs like Cox who refuse to take responsibility for infringers on their networks.<\/p>\n “The jury found that Cox was liable for its subscribers\u2019 infringement to the tune of $1 billion dollars which serves as a warning to those who willingly turn a blind eye and enable their users to share music illegally.<\/p>\n “Cox received hundreds of thousands of notices of infringement and did not adequately respond or comply with its obligations to stop its subscribers from infringing on peer to peer networks.<\/p>\n “Cox had the right and ability to prevent the continued harm to music creators and it chose its own profits over complying with the law.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe jury\u2019s verdict sends a clear message \u2013 Cox and other ISPs that fail to meet their legal obligations to address piracy on their networks will be held accountable.”<\/p>\n Kenneth L. Doroshow (RIAA)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Kenneth L. Doroshow, Chief Legal Officer of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), issued the following statement: \u201cThe jury\u2019s verdict sends a clear message \u2013 Cox and other ISPs that fail to meet their legal obligations to address piracy on their networks will be held accountable.<\/p>\n “The jury recognized these companies\u2019 legal obligation to take meaningful steps to protect music online and made a strong statement about the value of a healthy music ecosystem for everyone \u2013 ranging from creators to fans to the available outlets for legitimate music consumption.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cox was found to have infringed a total of 10,017 works<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":47035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[105756],"class_list":["post-75814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cox-communications"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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<\/i><\/a><\/a><\/figure>\u201cToday\u2019s victory on behalf of music publishers and record labels who own over 10,000 copyrights is a clear message to ISPs like Cox who refuse to take responsibility for infringers on their networks.”<\/strong><\/p>\n