ISP Liability: Supreme Court Weighs Internet Piracy Accountability
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Resources & Recommendations
Books
- "Sex and the City" - Mentioned as a popular rewatch choice during the holiday season.
People Mentioned
- Justice Alito - Referenced for his questioning during the Supreme Court oral arguments regarding ISP liability in piracy cases.
- Justice Amy Coney Barrett - Quoted for her question to Cox's lawyer about incentives to address copyright infringement.
- Justice Sotomayor - Noted for her view that neither side's argument in the copyright case was fully convincing.
- Jason Giamfi (21-year-old from the Bronx) - Featured as a TikTok user who initiated the "quarter zip dude" trend.
- T-Pain - Mentioned for participating in the "quarter zip dude" trend on social media.
- Jennifer Lawrence - Referenced for admitting to creating an anonymous TikTok account to engage in online arguments.
- Sean Duffy (Transportation Secretary) - Mentioned for suggesting people travel in suits to bring back an era of respectability to air travel.
Organizations & Institutions
- Sony - One of the record labels suing Cox Communications over music piracy; also mentioned as a company previously sued by Universal over VCRs.
- Warner - One of the record labels suing Cox Communications over music piracy.
- Cox Communications - The largest private broadband company in America, being sued by record labels for allegedly not doing enough to stop illegal music piracy.
- Google - Mentioned as backing Cox Communications in the Supreme Court case.
- X (formerly Twitter) - Mentioned as backing Cox Communications in the Supreme Court case and as a platform that the Supreme Court ruled could not be held liable for ISIS content.
- ACLU - Mentioned as backing Cox Communications in the Supreme Court case.
- Universal - Referenced for suing Sony in the 70s and 80s over the VCR, fearing it would enable massive TV piracy.
- MGM - Mentioned in the context of opening a casino in Springfield, Massachusetts.
- JetBlue - The airline operating an A320 that experienced a sudden loss of altitude.
- Avianca Airlines (Colombia) - An airline significantly impacted by the A320 software update due to its fleet composition.
- OpenAI - Discussed for its circular investment deals, specifically taking an ownership stake in Thrive Holdings.
- Thrive Holdings - An investment vehicle set up by Thrive Capital, in which OpenAI is taking an ownership stake.
- Thrive Capital - One of OpenAI's top investors, which set up Thrive Holdings.
- Wall Street Journal - Cited for reporting on a family business affected by the Shopify outage.
- Oxford University Press - Named "ragebait" as its word of the year.
- Dictionary.com - Mentioned for choosing "67" as its word of the year.
- Cambridge Dictionary - Mentioned for choosing "parasocial" as its word of the year.
- Merriam-Webster - Challenged to release its word of the year.
Websites & Online Resources
- TikTok - The platform where Jason Giamfi's "quarter zip dude" video went viral and where Jennifer Lawrence admitted to engaging in online arguments.
- Google Trends - Referenced for showing a significant increase in searches for "quarter zip pullover men's business casual."
Other Resources
- "Sex and the City" - A TV show mentioned as a common rewatch.