secondary-liability

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-181 Sony Music Entertainment, et al. v. Cox Communications, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-08-20 Denied CVSGAmici (2)Relisted (2) circuit-split commercial-gain copyright-infringement direct-infringement secondary-liability vicarious-liability Whether the profit requirement of vicarious copyright infringement permits liability where the defendant expects commercial gain from the enterprise i…
24-171 Cox Communications, Inc., et al. v. Sony Music Entertainment, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-08-16 Granted CVSGAmici (37)Relisted (2) copyright-infringement digital-copyright material-contribution secondary-liability service-provider willful-violation 1. This Court has held that a business commits contributory copyright infringement when it "distributes a device with the object of promoting its use …
23A1066 Cox Communications, Incorporated, et al. v. Sony Music Entertainment, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-05-30 Presumed Complete contributory-infringement copyright-infringement internet-service-provider knowledge-standard secondary-liability willfulness Whether a provider of online services can be subject to contributory-infringement liability by providing general internet services with mere knowledge…
22-1053 ABKCO Music, Inc., et al. v. William Sagan, et al. Second Circuit 2023-05-01 Denied Amici (2) bootleg-recordings commercial-exploitation contributory-infringement copyright-infringement digital-distribution direct-liability music-licensing secondary-liability vicarious-liability Whether direct liability for copyright infringement is limited to the person who actually "presses the button" to make the infringing copies.
21-242 Desire, LLC v. Manna Textiles, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-18 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure common-source-defendant copyright copyright-infringement joint-and-several-liability joint-liability secondary-liability statutory-damages Section 504(c)(1) of the Copyright Act provides "an award of statutory damages for all infringements involved in the action . . . for which any two or…