Amici Back ISP In 4th Circuit Appeals Of $1B Vicarious Copyright Judgment

Mealey's (June 4, 2021, 8:55 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a group of intellectual property law professors are among the amici curiae who filed briefs on June 1 in the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in support of an internet service provider (ISP) that was hit with a $1 billion judgment for contributory and vicarious copyright infringement related to the piracy of copyrighted songs carried out by the ISP’s subscribers....