DESCRIPTION
29th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium: Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976 Copyright Act
Panel 3: The Scope of Exclusive Rights and Modes of Enforcement
April 16, 2026
1.50 General CLE Offered
Event Information | Agenda | Resource(s) | Speaker Bio(s) & Contact Info
A Berkeley Technology Law Journal symposium panel examined how the Supreme Court’s unanimous 2025 decision in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment overhauled a half-century of contributory copyright infringement doctrine, sharply narrowing secondary liability to two specific fact patterns—inducement and tailored material contribution—while leaving platforms, AI gatekeepers, and lower courts without coherent guidance on how the new framework interacts with the broader architecture of copyright enforcement.
Instructor(s)
Christopher Sprigman, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy, NYU School of Law
Oren Bracha, Professor of Law, University of Texas School of Law
Justin Hughes, Distinguished Professor of Law and Distinguished Chair in Business and Economics, Loyola Law School
Laura Heymann, Professor of Law, William and Mary Law School
Erik Stallman, Clinical Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law