"Cox conduct was not that of a single, rogue employee. It was endemic to the culture of a company that systematically helped infringers, openly mocked copyright laws, and lied to copyright owners."
Sony Music Entertainment says Cox Communications deserves to pay the $1 billion jury verdict levied against it in December for facilitating a “massive scale” piracy scheme, according to a new court motion filed Friday. The motion was lodged in response to Cox’s request on Jan. 31 asking a judge to either grant it a new trial or overturn the verdict, calling it “completely divorced from the trial evidence” and saying it “constitutes a miscarriage of justice.”
“For years, Cox knowingly facilitated piracy of [Sony Music’s] copyrighted works on the massive scale,” reads Sony’s recent court filing motion. “Cox conduct was not that of a single, rogue employee. It was endemic to the culture of a company that systematically helped infringers, openly mocked copyright laws, and lied to copyright owners about owners about its allegedly ‘gold standard’ policies.”
Sony Music attorneys argue in court papers that Cox purposely allowed the piracy to continue “to maximize its billions of dollars in profits -- with utter disregard for the laws and copyright owners.”