Copyright Alliance CEO Issues Statement on SCOTUS Decision in ‘Cox v. Sony’ Case

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Eileen Bramlet ebramlet@copyrightalliance.org

Washington, DC—Today, Copyright Alliance CEO Keith Kupferschmid issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Cox v. Sony case:

“The U.S. Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) Cox v. Sony decision is deeply disappointing in that it upends decades of well-settled copyright law precedent and fails to provide meaningful protection for creators from the harms of mass copyright infringement. Despite the fact that it narrowly applies only to internet service providers (ISPs) that do not copy, distribute, or host infringing material or control or induce such activity, we nonetheless are disappointed in this misunderstanding of copyright law.

“To be effective, copyright law must protect creators of all types and sizes from the harmful effects of copyright infringement, whether such infringement is analog or digital form or takes place online or offline. The Court’s clearly erroneous decision shows little, if any, deference for well-established secondary liability copyright concepts and their importance to the foundation and operation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (DMCA) safe harbor provisions to protect copyright owners and individual creators.”

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