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The Supreme Court will decide whether internet providers can be held liable when customers download pirated music, a case pitting record labels against Cox Communications. Major tech firms warn that expanding liability could force ISPs into policing users and threaten emerging technologies like AI. The case recalls the Betamax ruling, which rejected similar claims against VCR makers.
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00:00It's Benzinga bringing Wall Street to Main Street.
00:02The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday on whether internet service providers can be
00:05held liable for users who download pioneering music, according to CNN. Record labels want
00:10internet providers held liable for users who download pioneering music through peer-to-peer
00:13tools like BitTorrent. Cox Communications warned that making providers responsible for customer
00:19conduct would lead to widespread disconnections and turn them into internet police. Music companies
00:23argue that Cox enabled eventual offenders, noting it terminated more than 619,000 subscribers
00:29for non-payment, but only 32 for serial infringement. Major tech firms including Google and X,
00:34Matt Cox, warning that expanding liability could affect emerging technologies like AI.
00:39Case echoes the Supreme Court's 1980s Betamax ruling, which rejected similar liability claims
00:44for VCRs. For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.
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