Court blocks $1 billion copyright ruling that punished ISP for its users’ piracy

snownyte@kbin.social to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com – 153 points –
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"Cox did not profit from its subscribers' acts of infringement," judges rule.

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What a bizarre stock photo choice too! Someone had a lot of fun with that 😄

For real. Are they trying to make me NOT want to be that guy, cause...

But still declared them liable for the actions of their users.

Bad ruling, just less bad than it could be.

Next up: Cox bans torrenting traffic and known VPN IP ranges.

Bizarre ruling that's for sure.

In my head, either they are liable and need to pay up (not in my opinion but that would make much more sense) or they are not and need to pay nothing.

This shit is weird. It's like accusing someone of helping steal your smartphone and then wanting them buy a pack of Oreos to make it even.