Cox Communications, Inc., et al. v. Sony Music Entertainment et al., 24-171
2026-03-25
Read full decision. Summary prepared by Alan Macek:
US Supreme Court: Under our precedents, a company is not liable as a copyright infringer for merely providing a service to the general public with knowledge that it will be used by some to infringe copyrights. Accordingly, we reverse. ... Holding Cox liable merely for failing to terminate Internet service to infringing accounts would expand secondary copyright liability beyond our precedents. Cox neither induced its users’ infringement nor provided a service tailored to infringement.