Music Labels Tell Court Charter Willfully Turned Blind Eye to Piracy

Music labels have given Charter Communications clear notice of hundreds of thousands of its subscribers illegally pirating those labels' songs since 2012 but Charter chose to keep those subscribers and their subscription fees rather than terminate the accounts. That's according to the labels in an opposition to Charter's motion to dismiss the claim for vicarious liability (see 1905290002) filed (docket 19-cv-00874, in Pacer) Monday in U.S. District Court in Denver. They said the ISP has both the right and ability to control users' infringing conduct but receives direct financial benefit from that conduct. Charter outside counsel didn't comment Wednesday.