More than a dozen movie production companies that own the copyrights to popular movies like “Rambo V: Last Blood” advanced a copyright infringement lawsuit against internet provider RCN Telecom Services LLC, which allegedly failed to terminate the accounts of internet users pirating the movies over BitTorrent networks.
US District Judge Georgette Castner on Tuesday denied RCN’s motion to dismiss, ruling that the production companies showed that they repeated requested RCN to terminate the accounts of prolific copyright pirates but the company failed to take any action.
Castner said that while the Digital Millennium Copyright Act creates a legal “safe harbor” ...
Learn more about Bloomberg Law or Log In to keep reading:
Learn About Bloomberg Law
AI-powered legal analytics, workflow tools and premium legal & business news.
Already a subscriber?
Log in to keep reading or access research tools.