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Cox v. Sony and the New Contributory Infringement Standard: What ISPs, AI, and Platforms Must Do Now

2026-07-22 13:00:00

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Master the new Cox v. Sony standard: learn what plaintiffs must prove, how defendants win dismissals, and where AI and platform clients now stand—apply it immediately.

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Course Overview

Intent Now Separates the Provider from the Infringer

For two decades, copyright plaintiffs built contributory infringement cases on a simple premise — a service provider that knew its users were infringing and kept the service running was on the hook. Cox v. Sony collapsed that premise on March 25, 2026, when the Supreme Court reversed the $1 billion verdict against Cox and rejected the Fourth Circuit’s knowledge-plus-inaction standard, holding that liability now turns on intent shown through inducement or a service tailored to infringement with no substantial noninfringing use. The ruling reaches past ISPs to generative AI tools, social media, and e-commerce marketplaces — and any litigator still pleading on knowledge alone, or any provider relying on a pre-Cox repeat-infringer policy, is exposed. This class maps the new contributory standard, the majority-concurrence split over the DMCA safe harbor, and the pleading and proof each side now carries. You will be able to draft complaints and defenses that survive the standard that just toppled a billion-dollar judgment.

Key topics that will be covered

What will you learn

Attorneys will learn what the Court decided in Cox v. Sony, what it didn't decide, and what copyright lawyers on both sides need to know now.

What will you gain

Attorneys will gain knowledge of what plaintiffs now need to plead and prove, and how defendants should document anti-infringement efforts and substantial noninfringing uses.

The decision
In March 2026, the Supreme Court unanimously overturned the $1 billion verdict against Cox.
New rule
Mere knowledge of user infringement is no longer enough; only inducement and tailoring remain.
Fourth circuit
The ruling dismantles the framework driving the $1 billion Cox verdict and similar suits.
DMCA
Majority-concurrence split over the safe harbor’s incentive structure and ISPs’ repeat-infringer policies.
Beyond ISPs
Why the ruling matters for generative AI tools, social media platforms, and e-commerce marketplaces.
Practice pointers
What plaintiffs must plead and prove; how defendants document anti-infringement efforts and non-infringing uses.

What will you learn

Attorneys will learn what the Court decided in Cox v. Sony, what it didn't decide, and what copyright lawyers on both sides need to know now.

What will you gain

Attorneys will gain knowledge of what plaintiffs now need to plead and prove, and how defendants should document anti-infringement efforts and substantial noninfringing uses.

Agenda

SESSION 1

The Decision and the New Rule

SESSION 2

The DMCA and the ISP Fallout

SESSION 3

Beyond ISPs and the Litigation Playbook

clock 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST

The Decision and the New Rule

Courtney Lytle Sarnow

CM Law

Establish what the Court held — the rejection of the Fourth Circuit’s knowledge-plus-inaction standard, the two surviving paths of inducement and tailoring, the grounding in Sony, Grokster, and Taamneh, and the majority-concurrence split over the reasoning.

Courtney Lytle Sarnow

CM Law

clock 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm EST

The DMCA and the ISP Fallout

Courtney Lytle Sarnow

CM Law

Shift to compliance. Cover the safe-harbor questions the decision raises, what ISPs should do now with repeat-infringer policies, and how the ruling reshapes pending ISP litigation — the counseling half for providers documenting anti-infringement efforts.

Courtney Lytle Sarnow

CM Law

clock 2:10 pm - 2:40 pm EST

Beyond ISPs and the Litigation Playbook

Courtney Lytle Sarnow

CM Law

Extend the rule to generative AI tools, social media, and e-commerce marketplaces, then land on the playbook — what plaintiffs must plead to clear the intent bar and how defendants build the substantial-noninfringing-use record.

Courtney Lytle Sarnow

CM Law

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Joe Ervin

The Law Firm for Truck Safety, LLP
A Partner at The Law Firm for Truck Safety. He focuses exclusively on cases involving commercial motor vehicle crashes and wrongful death. Joe also holds a valid class “A” commercial driver’s license with endorsements for double/triple trailers and tankers.

Education & Credentials

A 2013 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming, Joe is rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell — the highest peer rating for exceptional legal ability and ethics. He is among the first nine attorneys nationwide to earn board certification in Truck Accident Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Recognition & Leadership

Joe received the Roadway Safety Award from the American Association for Justice (AAJ) for his commitment to improving highway safety.
 He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) Safety Committee, advocating for higher safety standards across the trucking industry.

Professional Involvement

Joe serves on the faculty of the AAJ Advanced Trial Advocacy College: Litigating Truck Collision Cases (2015 & 2024).
 He is an active member of AAJ’s Trucking Litigation Group and sits on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.

Experience

Joe frequently consults and co-counsels on complex commercial truck cases. His proven track record includes numerous successful trials against motor carriers and truck leasing companies — delivering justice for victims of commercial vehicle accidents.

Kevin Foley

Reminger Co
A Partner at The Law Firm for Truck Safety. He focuses exclusively on cases involving commercial motor vehicle crashes and wrongful death. Joe also holds a valid class “A” commercial driver’s license with endorsements for double/triple trailers and tankers.

Education & Credentials

A 2013 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming, Joe is rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell — the highest peer rating for exceptional legal ability and ethics. He is among the first nine attorneys nationwide to earn board certification in Truck Accident Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Recognition & Leadership

Joe received the Roadway Safety Award from the American Association for Justice (AAJ) for his commitment to improving highway safety.
 He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) Safety Committee, advocating for higher safety standards across the trucking industry.

Professional Involvement

Joe serves on the faculty of the AAJ Advanced Trial Advocacy College: Litigating Truck Collision Cases (2015 & 2024).
 He is an active member of AAJ’s Trucking Litigation Group and sits on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.

Experience

Joe frequently consults and co-counsels on complex commercial truck cases. His proven track record includes numerous successful trials against motor carriers and truck leasing companies — delivering justice for victims of commercial vehicle accidents.

Grant H. Lawson

The Law Firm for Truck Safety, LLP
A Partner at The Law Firm for Truck Safety. He focuses exclusively on cases involving commercial motor vehicle crashes and wrongful death. Joe also holds a valid class “A” commercial driver’s license with endorsements for double/triple trailers and tankers.

Education & Credentials

A 2013 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming, Joe is rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell — the highest peer rating for exceptional legal ability and ethics. He is among the first nine attorneys nationwide to earn board certification in Truck Accident Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Recognition & Leadership

Joe received the Roadway Safety Award from the American Association for Justice (AAJ) for his commitment to improving highway safety.
 He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) Safety Committee, advocating for higher safety standards across the trucking industry.

Professional Involvement

Joe serves on the faculty of the AAJ Advanced Trial Advocacy College: Litigating Truck Collision Cases (2015 & 2024).
 He is an active member of AAJ’s Trucking Litigation Group and sits on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.

Experience

Joe frequently consults and co-counsels on complex commercial truck cases. His proven track record includes numerous successful trials against motor carriers and truck leasing companies — delivering justice for victims of commercial vehicle accidents.

Courtney Lytle Sarnow

CM Law

Courtney Lytle Sarnow

CM Law

Courtney Lytle Sarnow is a partner in the Atlanta office of CM Law with more than twenty-five years of experience in a broad-based transactional practice focused on intellectual property and technology. Known for a creative, problem-solving approach, she helps growth-focused, technology-forward companies — along with artists, inventors, and entrepreneurial ventures — accomplish their goals within an informed legal framework rather than simply cataloguing what they cannot do.

Education & Credentials

Ms. Sarnow holds an LLM from Temple University School of Law, a JD from Emory University School of Law, and a BA from the University of Virginia. She is admitted to practice in Georgia, and her practice areas span Corporate and Business Services, Intellectual Property (including IP Transactions and Licensing), Mergers and Acquisitions, and Technology.

Recognition & Leadership

A recognized voice on intellectual property and technology law, Ms. Sarnow authored the May 2026 Law360 analysis "High Court's Cox Ruling Preserves Existing ISP Copyright Liability Standards" and presented "Can Creators Protect Their IP in the Era of AI" at the Federal Bar Association. She is the author of Skills and Values: Intellectual Property (Lexis Publishing, 2011) and the forthcoming Negotiate Like a Ninja (Vanderplas Publishing).

Professional Involvement

For more than two decades, Ms. Sarnow has taught as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law, offering courses in Copyright Law, Negotiations, and Intellectual Property. She is a longtime presenter at DragonCon (2007–present) on copyright and technology law, including intellectual property in game design, and has spoken at the Southern Interactive Entertainment and Game Expo and numerous bar and academic conferences.

Experience

Ms. Sarnow began her career at Dow, Lohnes & Albertson in Atlanta, working in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group and in IP Licensing. She has also practiced at Booth, Wade and Campbell, served as a Teaching Fellow at Temple University School of Law, and continues to teach as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Emory.of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in Antitrust: From American Banana to Hartford Fire" (24 Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce 41, 1997).

Courtney Lytle Sarnow

CM Law

Courtney Lytle Sarnow is a partner in the Atlanta office of CM Law with more than twenty-five years of experience in a broad-based transactional practice focused on intellectual property and technology. Known for a creative, problem-solving approach, she helps growth-focused, technology-forward companies — along with artists, inventors, and entrepreneurial ventures — accomplish their goals within an informed legal framework rather than simply cataloguing what they cannot do.

Education & Credentials

Ms. Sarnow holds an LLM from Temple University School of Law, a JD from Emory University School of Law, and a BA from the University of Virginia. She is admitted to practice in Georgia, and her practice areas span Corporate and Business Services, Intellectual Property (including IP Transactions and Licensing), Mergers and Acquisitions, and Technology.

Recognition & Leadership

A recognized voice on intellectual property and technology law, Ms. Sarnow authored the May 2026 Law360 analysis "High Court's Cox Ruling Preserves Existing ISP Copyright Liability Standards" and presented "Can Creators Protect Their IP in the Era of AI" at the Federal Bar Association. She is the author of Skills and Values: Intellectual Property (Lexis Publishing, 2011) and the forthcoming Negotiate Like a Ninja (Vanderplas Publishing).

Professional Involvement

For more than two decades, Ms. Sarnow has taught as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law, offering courses in Copyright Law, Negotiations, and Intellectual Property. She is a longtime presenter at DragonCon (2007–present) on copyright and technology law, including intellectual property in game design, and has spoken at the Southern Interactive Entertainment and Game Expo and numerous bar and academic conferences.

Experience

Ms. Sarnow began her career at Dow, Lohnes & Albertson in Atlanta, working in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group and in IP Licensing. She has also practiced at Booth, Wade and Campbell, served as a Teaching Fellow at Temple University School of Law, and continues to teach as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Emory.of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in Antitrust: From American Banana to Hartford Fire" (24 Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce 41, 1997).

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