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addressed the substance of the allegations and described the film companies and their anti-piracy partner Maverickeye as “copyright trolls” “Plaintiffs and Maverickeye are part of a well-known web of copyright trolls. can be held liable for the copyrightinfringements of its subscribers.
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copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat copyrightinfringers “in appropriate circumstances.” The company first launched a proactive lawsuit against music rights group BMG in 2016, which ended in a settlement. Screen Media Ventures Objects On the surface, the decision makes sense.
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