Last week, amicus briefs were filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by music publishers and Internet service providers (ISPs) seeking to support competing petitions for writ of certiorari challenging different aspects of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit’s ruling on secondary liability in the billion-dollar copyright infringement case between Sony Music Entertainment and Cox Communications. If the Supreme Court grants either or both of the petitions, it could result in the Court’s greatest foray into indirect liability in the digital copyright infringement context since its 2005 ruling in MGM Studios v. Grokster.
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