Record Labels Ask 4th Circuit To Affirm $1 Billion Copyright Award Against ISP

Mealey's (July 27, 2021, 1:51 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A jury correctly found an internet service provider (ISP) contributorily and vicariously liable for its subscribers’ online infringement of copyrighted songs due to its failure to prevent the infringement, a group of record labels tells the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a July 23 appellee brief, asking the court to uphold the jury’s $1 billion award to them....