Considering the atmosphere regarding generative artificial intelligence, why not put it up to some good stuff here? I directed "it" to research some court cases where the plaintiffs lost copyright lawsuits. Download this PDF version here.

File-Sharing Lawsuits Where Plaintiffs Lost

Atlantic Records, Inc. v. Brennan

Jurisdiction: USA, N.D. Florida, 2008
Summary: The RIAA sued a user for sharing songs via Kazaa. The court denied default judgment, ruling the RIAA failed to show actual distribution.
Key Argument: "Making available" is not sufficient to prove infringement.
Outcome: Plaintiff lost due to lack of evidence of actual file sharing.

Arista Records, LLC v. Verizon Comm’ns, Inc.

Jurisdiction: USA, S.D.N.Y., 2008
Summary: Record labels claimed Verizon authorized infringement by failing to terminate users. Verizon claimed DMCA safe harbor protection.
Outcome: Court ruled Verizon was a conduit ISP and not liable. Plaintiff lost.

In re Charter Commc’ns, Inc.

Jurisdiction: USA, 8th Circuit, 2005
Summary: RIAA subpoenaed Charter for user identities under DMCA. Court found subpoenas invalid for conduit ISPs.
Outcome: Subpoenas denied; plaintiffs lost.

BMG Canada Inc. v. John Doe

Jurisdiction: Canada, Fed. Court 2004 / Fed. C.A. 2005
Summary: Canadian labels sued anonymous Kazaa users. Court found personal use and lack of identified defendants.
Outcome: Case dismissed due to insufficient evidence. Plaintiffs lost.

Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v. iiNet Ltd

Jurisdiction: Australia, High Court, 2012
Summary: Studios sued ISP iiNet for failing to stop BitTorrent sharing. Court ruled providing access is not authorization.
Outcome: Plaintiffs lost; iiNet not liable.

MediaCAT Ltd. v. John Does 1–26

Jurisdiction: UK, Patents Court, 2011
Summary: Porn studio sued alleged BitTorrent users. Judge criticized legal abuse and dismissed all claims.
Outcome: Plaintiffs lost; lawsuit collapsed.

Warner Music et al. v. UPC Communications

Jurisdiction: Ireland, High Court, 2010
Summary: Labels sued to force ISP to disconnect infringers. Court said no legal mechanism existed for that.
Outcome: Plaintiffs lost; injunction denied.

SCPP v. Anthony G

Jurisdiction: France, Tribunal de grande instance de Paris, 2006
Summary: Defendant shared 1,200+ tracks. Court ruled personal sharing was legal private copying.
Outcome: Plaintiff lost.

German Labels v. ISP (Unnamed)

Jurisdiction: Germany, Higher Regional Court Hamburg, 2005
Summary: Labels tried to compel ISP to hand over infringer data. Court ruled ISPs not liable.
Outcome: Plaintiffs lost.

Data Commissioner v. Logistep AG

Jurisdiction: Switzerland, Federal Supreme Court, 2010
Summary: Privacy regulators stopped IP tracking firm Logistep from identifying P2P users.
Outcome: Plaintiffs (media companies) could no longer access data; lost ability to sue.