In Copyright Suit, Record Labels Accuse ISP Of Cherry-Picking Discovery

Mealey's (December 9, 2020, 11:43 AM EST) -- DENVER — A motion by Charter Communications Inc. to shield certain documents from discovery as privileged under Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) while permitting others to be disclosed to the record labels suing it for vicarious copyright infringement may have “a patina of reasonable compromise,” the labels say in a Nov. 25 motion in Colorado federal court, suggesting that the motion is actually an improper ploy to cherry-pick the documents over which the internet service provider (ISP) seeks to maintain privilege despite having waived any such privilege (Warner Records Inc., et al. v. Charter Communications Inc., No. 19-874, D. Colo.)....