Supreme Court hears case that could trigger big crackdown on Internet piracy

Image credit: Binary background – Gerd Altmann via Pixabay / Skull and bones – OpenClipart-Vectors via Pixabay. Article by Jon Brodkin. ArsTechnica – December 1, 2025.

Supreme Court justices expressed numerous concerns today in a case that could determine whether Internet service providers must terminate the accounts of broadband users accused of copyright infringement. Oral arguments were held in the case between cable Internet provider Cox Communications and record labels led by Sony. Some justices were skeptical of arguments that ISPs should have no legal obligation under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to terminate an account when a user’s IP address has been repeatedly flagged for downloading pirated music. […]

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