Usenet Provider Says No Court Review Needed in Copyright Case

A company that charges subscribers for access to online discussion groups told the U.S. Supreme Court it shouldn’t review a ruling that freed the company from direct copyright infringement liability for users’ unauthorized exchanging of adult images.

Giganews Inc., which hosts Usenet newsgroups, won rulings at the trial and appeals court levels that it wasn’t responsible for infringement by users sharing pictures owned by Perfect 10 Inc. The company emphasized in its Oct. 20 filing with the Supreme Court that the copyright owner should use the standard takedown procedure under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to strike infringing posts ( ...