Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment · ¶34

A provider induces infringement if it actively encourages infringement through specific acts. Grokster, 545 U. S., at 942 (Ginsburg, J., concurring). For example, in Grokster, we held that a jury could find two file-sharing software companies liable for inducement. Id., at 941 (majority opinion). The companies promoted and marketed their software as a tool to infringe copyrights. Id., at 926. The “principal object” of their business models “was use of their software to download copyrighted works.” Ibid. Other decisions have held providers liable for similar conduct. See Kalem Co. v. Harper Brothers, 222 U. S. 55, 62–63 (1911) (finding liability where “[t]he defendant not only expected but invoked by advertisement the use of its flms” for infringement of an author's copyright); Henry v. A. B. Dick Co., 224 U. S. 1, 49 (1912) (finding liability because the sale was made “with the purpose…

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