secondary-liability
5 cases — ← All topics
| 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 | Did the Fourth Circuit err in holding that a service provider can be held liable for 'materially contributing' to copyright infringement merely becaus… |
| 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 an internet service provider can be held liable for contributory copyright infringement based solely on general knowledge that users might eng… | |
| 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 | Did the Ninth Circuit err in holding that 17 U.S.C. § 504(c)(1) limits a copyright holder to a single statutory damages award against multiple infring… |