3 June 2020CopyrightSarah Morgan

Court upholds Cox $1bn piracy verdict

A Virginian court has mostly rejected US internet service provider (ISP) Cox Communications’ challenges to a ruling which would see the ISP pay $1 billion to major record labels.

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