Legal Opinion
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC v. Cox Communications, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 1, 2018No. 16-1972, 17-1352, 17-1353PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge Motz wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wynn and Senior Judge Shedd joined.
DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC (“BMG”), which owns copyrights in musical compositions, filed' this suit alleging copyright infringement against Cox Communications, Inc. and CoxCom, LLC (collectively, “Cox”), providers of high-speed Internet access. BMG seeks to hold Cox contributorily liable for infringement of BMG’s copyrights by subscribers to Cox’s Internet service. Following extensive…
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