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“Under our precedents, a company is not liable as a copyright infringer for merely providing a service to the general public with knowledge that it will be used by some to infringe copyrights,” Thomas wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The only way for an ISP to avoid liability is to "cut off the internet, not just for the accused infringer, but for anyone else who happens to use the same connection," Rosenkranz said.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

Twitter also asked the court to identify the alleged infringer or infringers who posted Twitter’s source code on systems operated by GitHub without Twitter’s authorization.

From Washington Times • Mar. 26, 2023

"From where have they received such a prerogative? Who has given them such qualification to? To shield the infringer of rights and to accuse their defenders - how inexplicable!"

From Reuters • Aug. 4, 2022

In the early days of administering the patent law an inventor often applied to a court for an injunction to prevent an infringer from continuing his work.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney