Kroger and 17 affiliated companies have asked a federal court to toss out a copyright lawsuit filed by Sony Music over social media advertising, leaning on the US Supreme Court’s recent ruling in the Cox Communications case. The motion was filed Monday (November 2) in the US District Court for the Central District of California.
The filing marks the latest attempt by a corporate defendant to use the Cox decision, which narrowed the scope of secondary liability for copyright infringement, as a shield against music industry litigation. How the court rules could offer an early signal of how far that precedent extends beyond internet service providers.
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