ISP Grande loses appeal as 5th Circuit sides with Universal, Warner, and Sony.

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.

  • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    This commoditizes wisps, they aren’t only in places with LoS, or with special hardware, while still using unlicensed band.

    And megaisps have 2 barriers that preserve their market position:

    1. Capital costs

    2. Right of way access they got mostly in the 70s and 80s if not from the original bell rollout

    And weren’t you the one who particularly said ‘last mile’? That’s exactly what this is.