On June 30, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, setting the stage for the high court to define copyright infringement liability for internet service...more
7/8/2025
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Contributory Infringement ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Cox Communications ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Music Industry ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
SCOTUS ,
Telecommunications ,
Vicarious Liability
On May 9, 2025, the U.S. Copyright Office (the Office) released the third and final report in its “Copyright and Artificial Intelligence” series, offering its most comprehensive guidance to date on one of the most contested...more
On May 9, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Warner Chappell Music Inc. et al. v. Sherman Nealy et al. (No. 22-1078), holding that copyright owners can recover damages going back more than three years based...more
5/14/2024
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Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Damages ,
Due Diligence ,
Early Case Assessment ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Music ,
Music Industry ,
SCOTUS ,
Settlement ,
Statute of Limitations ,
The Copyright Act ,
Warner Chappell Music v Nealy
On February 20, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Fourth Circuit) vacated an unprecedented $1 billion judgment against Cox Communications, Inc. (Cox) for copyright infringement based on Cox’s customers’...more
Copyright infringement is a significant problem for operators of news websites. As any journalism organization knows, producing original news content is a costly endeavor. All too often, sophisticated and amateur infringers...more
On August 28, 2023, two photographers filed a petition for rehearing en banc, urging the Ninth Circuit to reconsider its recent decision in Hunley v. Instagram, which held that Instagram could not be held liable for secondary...more
8/31/2023
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Class Action ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Google ,
Instagram ,
Photographs ,
Search Engines ,
Social Media ,
The Copyright Act ,
Third-Party ,
Web Servers
In a decision that continues a trend of courts recognizing expansive jurisdiction over persons and entities engaging in intellectual property infringement through the internet, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit...more
On April 5, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its much-awaited decision in Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc. (No. 18-956), finding that Google’s use of software code was fair use under the U.S. Copyright Act. The Supreme...more
4/6/2021
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Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Fair Use ,
Google ,
Google LLC v Oracle America Inc ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Java ,
Oracle ,
SCOTUS ,
Transformative Use