Music publishing companies notched another court victory against a broadband provider that refused to terminate the accounts of Internet users accused of piracy. In a ruling on Wednesday, the conservative-leaning US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit sided with the big three record labels against Grande Communications, a subsidiary of Astound Broadband.

The appeals court ordered a new trial on damages because it said the $46.8 million award was too high, but affirmed the lower court’s finding that Grande is liable for contributory copyright infringement.

  • masterofn001
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    1319 hours ago

    DMCA the fuck out of every media company.

    Accuse them of piracy.

    Is it true? Who gives a fuck.

    Terminate their accounts.

    • FuglyDuck
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      257 hours ago

      Also the judges. This way they can’t browse all their CP without fixing their fuck ups

    • @[email protected]
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      86 hours ago

      Well… they do hang out in the public torrents of movies, games, shows, etc.

      That’s how they get IP addresses and have their bots send DMCA notices.

    • @Arbiter
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      227 hours ago

      No, you see courts only apply this precedent when it can hurt poor people.

      • @Wogi
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        128 hours ago

        Comcast.