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23 December 2019CopyrightSarah Morgan

ISP hit with $1bn damages in music piracy suit

Sony, Warner and Universal secured a $1 billion payout of damages from Cox Communications last week, after a jury in Virginia found that the internet service provider (ISP) wilfully allowed its customers to illegally download music.

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