Record Labels Settle in Case to Force ISPs to Terminate Internet for Pirates

In a story that feels directly out of the year 2006, a lawsuit brought by major record labels that sought to make internet service providers boot their customers off the internet for piracy violations has been settled before going to court, according to Ars Technica. The case, brought by Sony Music, Warner Music Group, and Universal Music Group against Frontier Communications, will not move forward, but it’s not clear what the terms of the agreement are. The lawsuit started back in 2021 and saw the labels complain that Frontier was basically choosing not to acknowledge copyright infringement complaints, opting to provide “known repeat infringers with continued access to and use of its network” rather than terminating their accounts, which would have been the preference of the copyright holders. The case followed a successful lawsuit against Cox Communications, also brought by the record labels, which landed the companies a cool $1 billion in damages and, according to some advocates, s ... Read full article.