ISPs entitled to ‘reasonable costs’ incurred to comply with third party disclosure orders in illegal downloading case, SCC rules

By Cristin Schmitz ( September 14, 2018, 12:08 PM EDT) -- In a novel interpretation of the 2015 “notice and notice” provisions of the Copyright Act, the Supreme Court has ruled that Rogers Communications Inc. and other ISPs are entitled to be reimbursed for their “reasonable costs” in supplying the names and addresses of alleged illegal downloaders to copyright holders pursuant to Norwich third party disclosure orders....