$2.6 Billion Lawsuit Against Verizon for Infringement Allegations

The world’s largest record companies have filed a massive lawsuit against Verizon, accusing the telecom giant of enabling and profiting from “massive copyright infringement committed by tens of thousands of its subscribers.”

In a lawsuit filed in federal court late last week, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music Entertainment claim they’ve sent Verizon “hundreds of thousands” of infringement notices identifying specific instances of Verizon subscribers using peer-to-peer file sharing sites to steal music. The company “ignored Plaintiffs’ notices and buried its head in the sand,” the companies allege in the suit.

Read more at Rolling Stone