Cox calls $1.1 billion damages award ‘shockingly excessive’
US internet service provider (ISP) Cox Communications wants a new trial after it was ordered to pay $1.1 billion in damages to leading record labels including Universal for music copyright infringement.
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3 June 2020 A Virginian court has mostly rejected US internet service provider Cox Communications’ challenges to a ruling which would see the ISP pay $1 billion to major record labels.
7 October 2020 A US internet service provider is fighting back against music copyright owners’ infringement accusations with counterclaims over the music industry’s “fraudulent business practices”.
18 January 2021 Internet service provider Cox Communications’ attempt to reduce a $1 billion award of damages for copyright infringement has failed, in a win for music companies including Sony, Universal, and Warner.