Major Labels v. Backbones

["John Ferriby" <john () ferriby com>]

A number of major music labels have joined forces and are seeking relief
from backbone providers, see:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=582&e=2&cid=582&u=/nm/200
20816/wr_nm/media_copyright_dc_4

It sounds like the labels are alleging that the providers are, in some
way, contributing infringers.

If there are any legal eagles here, can a Common Carrier be a contributing
infringer?

Could a trucking firm be labeled a contributing infringer if it carries
goods that violate
patent/copyright law?    Would Verizon/SBC/Qwest et al be construed this
way if the service
delivered copyrighted material over the voice network unencoded?
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John Ferriby - PGP Key: www.ferriby.com/pgpkey

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