This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/verizon-faces-contributory-infringement-claims-for-enabling-piracy. Record labels sue Verizon for contributory infringement, alleging the ISP knowingly facilitated illegal BitTorrent file-sharing of copyrighted music. Check more stories related to tech-stories at: https://hackernoon.com/c/tech-stories. You can also check exclusive content about #umg-vs-verizon, #music-industry-vs-verizon, #record-labels-vs-verizon, #verizon-music-piracy-lawsuit, #verizon-lawsuit-details, #verizon-vicarious-liability, #high-speed-internet-and-piracy, #p2p-file-sharing-on-verizon, and more. This story was written by: @legalpdf. Learn more about this writer by checking @legalpdf's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Record labels are suing Verizon for contributory infringement, accusing the ISP of facilitating and ignoring repeated illegal downloads of copyrighted music via BitTorrent by its subscribers. The lawsuit highlights Verizon's alleged failure to act on over 340,000 infringement notices, prioritizing profits over legal responsibilities.