Publisher, Songwriter Groups File Against Cox

Cox Communications is liable for copyright infringement on peer-to-peer networks it oversees, publisher and songwriter groups wrote in a brief filed Friday in docket 1:18-cv-950-LO/JFA (in Pacer). The National Music Publishers' Association, Nashville Songwriters Association International and Songwriters Association of North America wrote the brief filed with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. “Resist Cox’s invitation to dodge responsibility and thereby prompt a race to the bottom in infringement enforcement by the very platforms best positioned to put a halt to online piracy,” they wrote. Cox didn’t comment.