Cox Communications has asked the court to order the anti-piracy firm to hand over its tracking source code. The Internet service provider claimed Rightscorp’s settlement scheme an extortion and is going to punch a hole in its evidence gathering techniques.
Piracy monetization firm Rightscorp is known for sending DMCA notices to ISPs on behalf of the movie studios, which include proposals to settle for a certain amount. However, not all US Internet providers forward these notices to their subscribers. For instance, Cox Communications call these letters an “extortion scheme” and throws them away. Now copyright holders decided to sue Cox over its inaction.
In response, Cox has demanded insight into the evidence gathering techniques from the piracy monetization firm. However, Rightscorp didn’t disclose all requested information. It claims to have handed over all source code, but the ISP explains that it can’t locate certain elements. Besides, Cox pointed out that Rightscorp had previously made such misleading statements in the past, but its expert has identified multiple components missing from the code.
Cox also complained that Rightscorp didn’t produce other documents describing the way it approaches alleged copyright infringers.
A number of expert reports are to be released soon, and now Cox Communications has asked the court to issue an order compelling the anti-piracy agency to hand over all missing information and documents. Apparently. Cox’s experts will point out various flaws in the tracking technique, including listing infringers by IP-address, which is wrong, because Cox regularly changes subscribers IPs.
Piracy monetization firm Rightscorp is known for sending DMCA notices to ISPs on behalf of the movie studios, which include proposals to settle for a certain amount. However, not all US Internet providers forward these notices to their subscribers. For instance, Cox Communications call these letters an “extortion scheme” and throws them away. Now copyright holders decided to sue Cox over its inaction.
In response, Cox has demanded insight into the evidence gathering techniques from the piracy monetization firm. However, Rightscorp didn’t disclose all requested information. It claims to have handed over all source code, but the ISP explains that it can’t locate certain elements. Besides, Cox pointed out that Rightscorp had previously made such misleading statements in the past, but its expert has identified multiple components missing from the code.
Cox also complained that Rightscorp didn’t produce other documents describing the way it approaches alleged copyright infringers.
A number of expert reports are to be released soon, and now Cox Communications has asked the court to issue an order compelling the anti-piracy agency to hand over all missing information and documents. Apparently. Cox’s experts will point out various flaws in the tracking technique, including listing infringers by IP-address, which is wrong, because Cox regularly changes subscribers IPs.
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