📰 New article from TorrentFreak
Filmmakers Drop Piracy Liability Lawsuit Against ISP RCN
https://torrentfreak.com/filmmakers-drop-piracy-liability-lawsuit-against-isp-rcn/
It looks like the “Piracy Police” are hitting a bit of a roadblock.
A group of heavyweight movie studios—the folks behind Rambo V and London Has Fallen—just dropped their massive lawsuit against ISP RCN. Since 2021, these filmmakers have been trying to hold the internet provider responsible for the “repeat offenders” on its network, essentially arguing that if an ISP doesn’t cut off pirates, they’re part of the crime.
So, what changed? While the legal paperwork is suspiciously quiet about a specific settlement, the writing was likely on the wall thanks to a recent Supreme Court decision in the Cox case. The court effectively narrowed the rules, making it much harder to sue ISPs unless you can prove they actually intended for their service to be used for piracy.
The fallout from this dismissal is more than just a closed case:
- No site-blocking (for now): The studios’ dream of forcing RCN to block sites like The Pirate Bay has vanished with this lawsuit.
- A legislative push: With the courts making it harder to sue ISPs, rightsholders are now pivoting toward lobbying Congress for new laws that would mandate site-blocking.
For now, the internet remains a bit more “wild west” than the studios would like.