Major Music Labels, Cox Communications Denied New Appeal in $1 Billion Copyright Infringement Case

A US federal appeals court has turned down a request to rehear a ruling from February in which it overturned a $1 billion copyright infringement verdict against Cox Communications, in a case brought by major recording companies.

In a decision on Tuesday (March 19), a three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to rehear an earlier ruling by the court in which it tossed out a $1 billion award for damages against Cox, and ordered a retrial to determine the amount of damages to be awarded.

In their decision, the judges offered no reasons for not rehearing the case.

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