Judge Denies Dismissal Of Vicarious Copyright Infringement Claim Against ISP

Mealey's (April 20, 2020, 9:11 AM EDT) -- DENVER — Adopting a magistrate’s recommendation to deny a dismissal motion, a Colorado federal judge on April 15 found that a group of record labels suing an internet service provider (ISP) for secondary copyright infringement based on its subscribers’ actions sufficiently alleged that the ISP benefited financially from, and that it had the ability to control, the infringing actions (Warner Records Inc., et al. v. Charter Communications Inc., No. 1:19-cv-00874, D. Colo., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 66249)....