copyright
Example Sentences
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At issue was whether cable provider Cox could be held liable for “contributory” copyright infringement merely because it had knowledge that some of its users were pirating music files.
Cox was accused in the case of failing to take action against customers accused of illegally downloading copyrighted music.
From Barron's
Sony’s lawyers pointed to hundreds of thousands of instances of Cox customers sharing copyrighted works.
From Los Angeles Times
“Under our precedents, a company is not liable as a copyright infringer for merely providing a service to the general public with knowledge that it will be used by some to infringe copyrights,” Thomas wrote.
But the app also sparked concerns about copyright violations and the threat it posed to the media industry.
From BBC
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