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US Supreme Court Rules that Internet Service Providers Aren’t Liable for Music Piracy
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SCOTUS Is Rewriting the Rules for Startups
In a pair of decisions that, at first glance, look confined to telecom regulation and copyright law, the Supreme Court may be laying the groundwork for a fundamental shift in how emerging companies are regulated—and how venture capital prices risk. For startups, that shift could be significant. On one side is the Court’s decision in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment. Justice Thomas supplied the unanimous opinion, providing tha…
The IPS or Internet providers are involved in lawsuits by Sony Music Entertainment and other record companies that demand a $1 billion payment for infringing copyright due to content downloads illegally. The problem is that this is not something they have decided, but the customers themselves who are free to do so. After several months in a legal struggle that seemed to end in victory for the record companies, the U.S. Supreme Court has ended up…
Supreme Court Cox Decision: What It Means for Copyright, ISPs, and Secondary Liability - Patent Baron
A major Supreme Court copyright decision came down today, March 25, 2026, and although the case arose from illegal music downloads, its importance extends far beyond the music industry. In Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, the Court unanimously held that Cox could not be held contributorily liable simply because it knew some subscribers were infringing copyrights and continued providing internet service. This ruling is likely…
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