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Major record labels such as Universal, Warner and Sony have filed a lawsuit against Charter Communications, an American internet company, for copyright infringement on the grounds that some users neglected to take measures against repeated illegal sharing of copyrighted music.
The music companies claim that they have sent more than 150,000 notices of copyright infringement to Spectrum, the charter ISP business, but continue to pretend they haven’t seen any reports of illegal music downloads. This isn’t the first time a major record label has sued charters. In 2019, a lawsuit was filed stating that music downloads using BitTorrent were rampant. This lawsuit is a period when illegal music downloads by P2P software such as BitTorrent became a big problem between March 2013 and May 2016, when music streaming services were not as popular as they are now.
The lawsuit is ongoing, and earlier this year both sides of the lawsuit went through a discovery process and discussed whether it really was a problem for the online pirated music industry. Charter’s lawyers argued that even if their clients were ultimately held liable for user infringers, they should consider the fact that the record music business is currently doing well. The record label earns this kind of revenue from music streaming services that use services such as charters.
The lawsuit, meanwhile, is for copyright infringement believed to have occurred from July 26, 2018, until recently, the music label is said to have discovered mass copyright infringement while spying on its charter network. There are several reasons why the label decided to file a second lawsuit against the same ISP, despite the previous lawsuit still pending.
First, countermeasures against copyright infringement and infringement are insufficient, and Internet service companies can set a precedent for strengthening countermeasures and introducing a structure for this even while litigation is in progress. It also stipulates that in a copyright lawsuit in the United States, you can claim $150,000 in damages for each infringement, and in a second lawsuit, you could add an additional list of damaged songs, which could potentially increase your overall damages.
While the music stream already feels like a popular service, it might be a little surprising that illegal downloads are still a plague on music labels. However, the record label continued to sue ISPs for countermeasures against illegal downloads, and in 2019, Cox Communications was found guilty of more than 10,000 copyright infringements, seeking $1 billion in damages. Related information can be found here.
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