{"id":2205560,"date":"2025-12-19T16:31:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2205560"},"modified":"2025-12-19T16:31:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:31:51","slug":"cox-communications-inc-v-sony-music-entertainment-scotus-copyright-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/cox-communications-inc-v-sony-music-entertainment-scotus-copyright-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment: SCOTUS &#038; Copyright Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On December 1, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in the landmark copyright case, Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This case centers on whether Cox, an internet service provider, can be held legally liable for copyright infringement committed by its subscribers when those users downloaded and shared thousands of copyrighted songs without permission.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On this episode of<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lawyer 2 Lawyer<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Craig joins Professor Christopher Jon Sprigman, Co-Director of the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy at NYU Law,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as they spotlight<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Craig &amp; Chris discuss this SCOTUS case, oral arguments, the friend-of-the-court brief, copyright law, and the potential impact of a future ruling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Mentioned in this Episode:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/cox-v-sony?document=Cox-Communications-Inc-v-Sony-Music-Entertainment-Brief-of-Amici-Curiae-ACLU-et-al-in-Support-of-Petitioners#legal-documents\"><b><i>Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment Brief of Amici Curiae ACLU et al. in Support of Petitioners<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                  Special thanks to our<br \/>\n                  sponsors , , and .                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v14.0\" nonce=\"hNapqNjN\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source legaltalknetwork.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 1, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in the landmark copyright case, Cox Communications, Inc. v. 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