Cox v. Sony narrowed secondary liability. Now more rides on direct liability, where a dial-up-era doctrine called volitional conduct asks who "presses the butto
A recent court ruling has narrowed the scope of secondary copyright liability, shifting focus to direct liability and the concept of "volitional conduct." This legal doctrine questions who is ultimately responsible for infringement when an automated system makes a copy. The applicability of this principle to generative AI is now a key question for copyright law. AI
IMPACT This ruling could redefine how AI developers and users are held liable for copyright infringement, potentially impacting the development and deployment of generative AI tools.