Texas Judge Gives Labels, Publishers to May 17 to Complete Venue Discovery vs. Altice

U.S. District Judge Roy Payne for Eastern Texas in Marshall granted the unopposed motion of 54 plaintiff record labels and music publishers for a nine-day extension, through May 17, to complete written and document venue discovery and to conduct depositions in their contributory copyright infringement suit against Altice (see 2405020025), said the judge’s signed order Friday (docket 2:23-cv-00576]). The recording industry plaintiffs defended the deadline extension as necessary in light of client and witness availability. They allege that Altice has knowingly contributed to, and reaped “substantial profits” from copyright infringement committed by thousands of its internet subscribers.