They have done that but backed off after Grande Communications a small Texas ISP called their bluff and insisted on it going to court. Rightscorp then quickly backed off and tried to get the case dismissed. However Grande scented BS and are now taking Rightscorp to court for monetary damages and full attorney fees ;)
Rightscorp is already in trouble for using illegal under Federal law Subpoenas. That's why Grande Communications a small Texas ISP is taking them to court despite the fact that Rightscorp has tried to get the case dismissed ;)
There are several points about this case that I'm sure that Cox will already know.
1) The only reason it's BMG/RoundHill bringing the case is that Rightscorp knows as it doesn't hold the rights to the claimed downloaded files it can't initiate a lawsuit.
2) Rightscorp needs a high profile case it can point to to try to attract suckers(oops sorry investors) to put money into their failing company.
3) Rightscorp supposed proprietary technology is the same crawler that was used by Prenda Law and their German subsidiary and they can't afford that to come out in court if they started the case on behalf of Sony ;)
4) As a company that is already on shaky ground due to lawsuits by both a class action lawsuit on behalf of aggrieved and probably innocent people plus one from an ISP (Grande Communications) which will prove that their so called legal subpoenas are anything but under Federal law, they desperately need to try to distance themselves from any bad fallout.
5) Sony ie BMG are probably using the political methods so loved in the USA of "dark funding" in order to support Rightscorp and their stock price so that they can claim in court that they used a responsible company to research their claim. This would obviously fall apart if Rightscorp went bankrupt before the case can come to court.
With all that said I cannot in all honesty see them getting anywhere near a win in their lawsuit as even the lowliest ISP would join in briefs against Sony and Rightscorps rather than have to be classed as title 2 providers and internet police. I fully expect if this ever does go to court for the big players to weigh in on the side of Cox on this.
My own thoughts are that Sony and Rightscorp are hoping for a quick out of court settlement so they can claim a win and a precedent, rather than a long drawn out court fight which would expose just how faulty and inaccurate their so called detection methods are. So I'm hoping Cox refuses to back down and makes them pay dearly for blaming the water company when it's the household pipes that are faulty lol.
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1) The only reason it's BMG/RoundHill bringing the case is that Rightscorp knows as it doesn't hold the rights to the claimed downloaded files it can't initiate a lawsuit.
2) Rightscorp needs a high profile case it can point to to try to attract suckers(oops sorry investors) to put money into their failing company.
3) Rightscorp supposed proprietary technology is the same crawler that was used by Prenda Law and their German subsidiary and they can't afford that to come out in court if they started the case on behalf of Sony ;)
4) As a company that is already on shaky ground due to lawsuits by both a class action lawsuit on behalf of aggrieved and probably innocent people plus one from an ISP (Grande Communications) which will prove that their so called legal subpoenas are anything but under Federal law, they desperately need to try to distance themselves from any bad fallout.
5) Sony ie BMG are probably using the political methods so loved in the USA of "dark funding" in order to support Rightscorp and their stock price so that they can claim in court that they used a responsible company to research their claim. This would obviously fall apart if Rightscorp went bankrupt before the case can come to court.
With all that said I cannot in all honesty see them getting anywhere near a win in their lawsuit as even the lowliest ISP would join in briefs against Sony and Rightscorps rather than have to be classed as title 2 providers and internet police. I fully expect if this ever does go to court for the big players to weigh in on the side of Cox on this.
My own thoughts are that Sony and Rightscorp are hoping for a quick out of court settlement so they can claim a win and a precedent, rather than a long drawn out court fight which would expose just how faulty and inaccurate their so called detection methods are. So I'm hoping Cox refuses to back down and makes them pay dearly for blaming the water company when it's the household pipes that are faulty lol.
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