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> Google and Netflix would have no choice but to sit by

In a lot of jurisdictions a 3rd party can join a lawsuit, it's called an intervention [1].

I'm not fully aware on US law, but e.g. in NL all large internet providers joined a lawsuit as defendants when a copyright enforcer wanted 1 to block The Pirate Bay.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intervention_(law)




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