Movie Producers Drop Copyright Lawsuit against Texas ISP
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Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Mobile, Wireless, Entertainment, Mobile Entertainment, Film & Motion Pictures, Professional Services, Internet, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Technology, 5G, Satellite, Legal, Telecommunications, Doe et al. v. Trump Corp. et al., Voltage Pictures, Policy, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Astound Broadband, DMCA, LLP, District court, Grande Communications, Douglas v. U.S. District Court ex rel Talk America, Armstrong Teasdale, Collection, Millennium Media
On October 27, 2023, a collection of movie producers including Millennium Media, Voltage Pictures, and Screen Media Ventures dismissed their copyright infringement lawsuit against Astound Broadband regional provider Grande Communications.
Key Points:
- On October 27, 2023, a collection of movie producers including Millennium Media, Voltage Pictures, and Screen Media Ventures dismissed their copyright infringement lawsuit against Astound Broadband regional provider Grande Communications.
- The producers had filed suit against Grande in 2021, alleging that Grande had not done enough to stop internet users from pirating the producers’ films.
- Grande denied the producers’ allegations and also contended that the producers’ claims were barred by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) safe harbor, because Grande implemented a company policy under which it terminated the internet access of customers accused of copyright infringement.
- “The plaintiffs had an opportunity to vet our program, and after doing so they decided the case was not worth pursuing.