Music groups ask US Supreme Court to stop “race to the bottom” by ISPs in anti-piracy work

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Music groups ask US Supreme Court to stop “race to the bottom” by ISPs in anti-piracy work

An American appeals court ruling that saw Cox Communications let off the hook for ‘vicarious copyright infringement’ in a major music piracy case was “a stark break from a century of precedent” that will “prompt a race to the bottom to see how little can be done to deter online piracy”. An amicus brief submitted to the US Supreme Court by a group of music industry organisations goes on to say that creators “need the full quiver of common law arr…