The Trump administration's Department of Justice intervened in a lawsuit against ISP Frontier, asserting that internet service providers (ISPs) should not face liability for copyright infringement concerning subscriber actions. They argued that imposing such liability may lead ISPs to preemptively terminate subscribers without thorough examination of allegations. Moreover, record labels claimed that Frontier ignored numerous infringement notices, allowing repeat offenders continued access. The ISPs contested the validity of these notices, suggesting that terminating accounts could harm innocent users sharing accounts with alleged infringers, and maintained that they have acted appropriately to address the issue.
The Trump administration argued that ISPs shouldn't be liable for customer copyright infringement, warning such liability could lead to excessive terminations of subscribers based on single notices.
Frontier received numerous copyright infringement notices but allegedly provided repeat infringers continued access, prompting the lawsuit from record labels over insufficient action against them.
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