公司鏡頭收購ious hotbeds for copyright infringement,” the lawsuit said.
Record labels allege that “Verizon ignored Plaintiffs’ notices and buried its head in the sand” by “continu[ing] to provide its high-speed service to thousands of known repeat infringers so it could continue to collect millions of dollars from them.” They say that “Verizon has knowingly contributed to, and reaped substantial profits from, massive copyright infringement committed by tens of thousands of its subscribers.”
The firms allege that Verizon is guilty of contributory and vicarious copyright infringement and should have to pay damages of up to $150,000 for each work infringed. Plaintiffs filed what they call a “non-exhaustive” list of infringed works that includes 17,335 titles. That would imply requested damages of over $2.6 billion.
Numerous lawsuits against ISPs
Record labels and movie studios have filed numerous copyright lawsuits against Internet providers. Perhaps the most significant ongoing case involves Cox Communications, which has been fighting a $1 billion jury verdict since 2019.
Cox received support from groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which warned that the big money judgment could cause broadband providers to disconnect people from the Internet based only on accusations of copyright infringement. The US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit overturned the $1 billion verdict in February 2024, rejecting 公司鏡頭收購sony’s claim that Cox profited directly from copyright infringement committed by users of Cox’s cable broadband network.
While judges in the Cox case reversed a vicarious liability verdict, they affirmed the jury’s additional finding of willful contributory infringement and ordered a new damages trial.
Cox recently said it is seeking a Supreme Court review on the questions of “whether an Internet service provider materially contributes to copyright infringement by declining to disconnect an Internet account knowing someone is likely to use it to infringe,” and “whether a secondary infringer can be adjudged willful based merely on knowledge of another’s direct infringement.” There is a circuit split on both questions, Cox said.
4,450 notices about one IP address
In the Verizon case, record labels claim that thousands of Verizon subscribers “were the subject of 20 or more notices from Plaintiffs, and more than 500 subscribers were the subject of 100 or more notices. One particularly egregious Verizon subscriber was single-handedly the subject of 4,450 infringement notices from Plaintiffs alone.”
That Verizon subscriber’s IP address was identified in 4,450 infringement notices between March 2021 and August 2023, the lawsuit said. Two other subscribers were allegedly the subject of 2,703 and 2,068 infringement notices, respectively.
“Verizon acknowledged that it received these notices of infringement sent by Plaintiffs’ representatives,” the lawsuit said. “Yet rather than taking any steps to address its customers’ illegal use of its network, Verizon deliberately chose to ignore Plaintiffs’ notices, willfully blinding itself to that information and prioritizing its own profits over its legal obligations.”
The plaintiffs claim that “Verizon has gone out of its way not to take action against subscribers engaging in repeated copyright infringement,” and “failed to terminate or otherwise take any meaningful action against the accounts of repeat infringers of which it was aware.”
“It is well-established law that if a party materially assists someone it knows is engaging in copyright infringement, that party is fully liable for the infringement as if it had infringed directly,” the lawsuit said.
Complaint system too onerous, suit claims
The lawsuit also complains that Verizon hasn’t made it easier for copyright owners to file complaints about Internet users:
Through one channel, Verizon claims to allow copyright holders to send P2P notices through a so-called “Anti-Piracy Cooperation Program,” but it has attached such onerous conditions to participation that the program is rendered a nullity. Not only has Verizon required participants to pay burdensome fees for simple, automated processes like Internet Protocol (“IP”) address lookups and notice forwarding, but participants have been required to waive their copyright claims, broadly indemnify Verizon, and, tellingly, keep the terms of the program confidential. Verizon has also limited the number of notices it will forward pursuant to the program.
The lawsuit said Verizon also allows copyright owners to send email notices of infringement instead of using the channel described above. The email method apparently doesn’t require copyright owners to waive their copyright claims or make payments, but the lawsuit alleges that “Verizon does not forward these notices to subscribers or track the number of email notices sent regarding repeat infringing subscribers. Verizon also arbitrarily caps the number of noti
▲2024年新手機，帶來更多的AI人工智慧新功能。（圖／取自pixabay）
記者張家瑋／綜合報導
2024年上半年，已經有不少新手機登場。而今年手機市場開始進入AI戰場，許多手機與頂級鏡頭廠合作，使每款手機呈現出越來越多風格。Podcast節目《娜你知道嗎》主持人莫娜，在本集節目中就來分享，下半年還有哪些新手機即將面世。
▲點擊收聽Podcast《娜你知道嗎》，揭曉2024下半年新手機。
莫娜指出，上半年眾多旗艦機都已經紛紛亮相，其中包括三星的搭載生成式AI的GALAXY S25系列、華碩的全能電競旗艦機ROG Phone 8系列、OPPO的人像拍攝手機Reno11系列、小米的徠卡旗艦機14 Ultra等。另外，realme、紅米等品牌也推出了新機，手機市場可說是格外熱鬧。
此外，下半年還有哪些值得期待的新手機？根據國外論壇的投票結果，最受關注的手機竟然不是iPhone 16，而是Google Pixel 9系列。Pixel系列一直以來都是敢於創新的手機，其獨特的設計和功能使其受到廣泛關注。關於Pixel 9的傳聞已經出現了不少，包括外觀設計等。根據目前的渲染圖顯示，新一代的Pixel可能採用更扁平化的設計，與之前圓潤的邊框相比更加平整。另外，有外媒爆料表示，今年的Pixel將推出三款機型，包括基本款Pixel 9、6.1吋的Pixel 9 Pro以及6.7吋的Pixel 9 Pro XL。鏡頭方面的差異也將是主要的區別之一，Pro系列可能會加入更多的長焦鏡頭，Pixel系列豐富多元的AI應用，更是讓人期待。
▲莫娜表示身為Pixel的愛用者，最期待AI應用的升級。（圖／翻攝自娜你知道嗎）
第二支值得期待的手機是，三星的摺疊機GALAXY Z Fold6和Z FLIP 6。不過在相機方面，可能會採用與前一代相同的相機，這意味著規格可能與2022年的Galaxy Z Fold4相同。但也有好消息，即可能會有第三款新品加入，即傳聞已久的Galaxy Z Fold6 Ultra。如果這一傳言屬實，原本的Galaxy Z Fold6可能會變成較為親民的版本，而Ultra系列可能會加入更多新技術和獨家功能。
第三支手機雖然在榜單上沒有名次，但對於喜歡攝影的人來說也是一個值得關注的選擇，就是公司鏡頭收購sony的Xperia 1系列。儘管討論度相對較低，但近期也有一些傳言，包括取消經典的21:9的4K螢幕，以及可能延續上一代相機規格的報導。不過，相信公司鏡頭收購sony一定會在新機上加入一些新的AI技術，以提升拍攝表現。
另外，往往關注度很高的iPhone，根據外媒爆料指出，iPhone 16 Pro Max將擁有三大獨家規格，包括史上最大感光元件，以及尺寸上的升級。iPhone 16 Pro系列的螢幕尺寸將進行升級，成為有史以來最大的iPhone。
隨著下半年的到來，科技手機市場將迎來更多令人期待的新品。無論是技術創新還是功能升級，都將為用戶帶來更好的手機體驗。
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