Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment · ¶2
Held: The provider of a service is contributorily liable for a user's infringement only if it intended that the provided service be used for infringement, which can be shown only if the party induced the infringement or the provided service is tailored to that infringement; Cox neither induced its users' infringement nor provided a service tailored to infringement; accordingly, Cox is not contributorily liable for the infringement of Sony's copyrights. Pp. 592–596. (a) “The Copyright Act does not expressly render anyone liable for infringement committed by another.” Sony Corp. of America v. Uni versal City Studios, Inc., 464 U. S. 417, 434. Ordinarily, when Congress intends to impose secondary liability, it does so expressly. Central Bank of Denver, N. A. v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, N. A., 511 U. S. 164, 176–177. The Court's precedents have recognized specific forms of secondary…Read in context ›
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