Date: 12-17-2015

Case Style: BMG Rights Management (US), LLC v. Cox Communications, Inc., et al.

Case Number: 1:14-cv-01611-LO-JFA B

Judge: Liam O'Grady

Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Plaintiff's Attorney: Jeremy Engle, Walter DeKalb Kelley and Paul Gennari

Defendant's Attorney: Craig Reilly

Description: Alexandria, VA - BMG Rights Management (US), LLC sued Cox Communications, Inc., FoxCom, LLC and Cox Enterprises, Inc. claiming that the defendants violated copyright laws by failing to reasonably implement a repeat-infringer policy and claiming that it was not entitled to the safe harbor exception under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Plaintiff claimed that Cox to be less than cooperative in attempts to send demand letters to individual pirates.

Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict for $25 million based on a finding by the jury that Cox was liable to contributory copyright infringement and that its actions were willful.

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Comments: Editor's Comment: This case, if it stands the appellate test, will certainly be a big deal for all ISP's nationwide.