RIAA is no stranger to lawsuits with a long history of suing pirates for infringing on their music. Now it has targeted internet service providers for not responding fast enough to DMCA takedown requests.
Recently, RIAA won a $1 billion jury verdict against Cox Communications for failing to do enough to respond to copyright claims—a case that is in the appeals process but Cox has won one attempt to have that award overturned. Grande Communications was hit with an over $46 million suit for the same issue.
Now the RIAA is suing Verizon for failure to stop piracy and respond quickly to all of its demands.
The RIAA represents music industries, and the case will also have a major impact on the future of piracy services, like IPTV, that offers illegal downloads or live streams of programs.
How much does Verizon and other internet service providers need to do before they are liable for the privacy of their own customers.
Other content owners are watching closely not just with hopes of getting more money but also that internet services providers will be forced to do more to stop piracy.