The US Supreme Court has a menu of questions to choose from if the justices take up either of the dueling appeals in the music industry’s copyright win over internet service provider Cox Communications Inc., a case that’s already had a $1 billion verdict wiped out.
Sony Music Entertainment and other publishers and labels convinced a federal jury to award $1 billion from Cox for contributory and vicarious infringement after it failed to terminate users repeatedly accused of piracy. The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed one theory of liability but rejected the other, and ordered ...
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