Music publishing companies notched another court victory against a broadband provider that refused to terminate the accounts of Internet users accused of piracy. In a ruling on Wednesday, the conservative-leaning US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit sided with the big three record labels against Grande Communications, a subsidiary of Astound Broadband.

The appeals court ordered a new trial on damages because it said the $46.8 million award was too high, but affirmed the lower court’s finding that Grande is liable for contributory copyright infringement.

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      20 days ago

      At this point it’s just the n00bs. Everyone who knows shit about shit isn’t going to be caught in one of these dragnets

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      Get letter from crapcast about downloading copyrighted material. Next search: ‘how to torrent without isp knowing’