By Dylan Smith , Digital Music News | A federal court has ordered Altice USA to turn over the identities of up to 100 subscribers accused of copyright infringement by Warner Music Group (WMG) and Sony Music Entertainment (SME).
The presiding judge just recently signed off on that jointly proposed order, which is, of course, an unwelcome one for the affected Altice/Optimum customers.
Last time we checked in on the courtroom confrontation, although Altice had previously settled a separate-but-similar BMG infringement action, evidence was pointing to a protracted WMG dispute.
Perhaps most notably on that front, a discovery disagreement, pertaining in part to the transfer of materials from the BMG case, was slowing the legal battle. So was a venue-transfer push, the defendant ISP’s dismissal efforts, and an adjacent attempt to shrink the pile of nearly 11,000 allegedly infringed works from a damages perspective.
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Read the full story here involving maybe thousands of copyrighted works:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/altice-usa-ordered-to-disclose-subscriber-names-addresses-and-more-in-warner-music-copyright-battle/
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/19/altice-usa-subscriber-identities/
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