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Cable firm Cox’s Supreme Court win may help all tech providers, not just ISPs.

Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas sit for a formal group photograph on October 7, 2022.

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Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas sit for a formal group photograph on October 7, 2022.

Credit:

Getty Images | Bloomberg

Sony and other major record labels recently suffered a thorough defeat at the Supreme Court in their attempt to make Internet service providers pay huge financial penalties for their customers’ copyright infringement. Sony’s loss is certain to have wide-ranging effects on copyright lawsuits, offering protection for ISPs, their customers, and potentially other technology companies whose services can be used for both legal and illegal purposes.

In Cox Communications v.…