intermediary liability

5:30 am on December 2, 2025 · intermediary liability (7), scotus (3)

RECORDING – SCOTUS Cox v Sony Oral Arguments

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On December 1, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court heard Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment, a case testing whether Internet service providers can be held liable for copyright infringement by their users when the ISP continues providing service after receiving repeated infringement notices.

Cox and the U.S. government argued that secondary copyright liability requires intentional facilitation or inducement, not mere knowledge. They warned that a knowledge-based standard would force ISPs to cut off Internet access to entire buildings, campuses, and communities, undermining speech and commerce. Sony argued that Cox knowingly continued to serve habitual infringers and, under common law, intent can be inferred when infringement is substantially certain to continue.

The Justices focused on the divide between knowledge and purpose, the role of the DMCA safe harbor, and the real-world impact on shared networks. The decision could significantly reshape the balance between copyright enforcement and universal Internet access.

#CoxvSony #SCOTUS #IntermediaryLiability @CoxCommunications @SonyMusic

5:05 am on September 11, 2025 · amicus (1), intermediary liability (7), isoc (164)

SUMMARY + RESOURCES – Internet Society Amicus Brief in Cox v. Sony – US Supreme Court – September 2025

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FILING (ISOC) | SUMMARY + RESOURCES (Patreon)

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In the case of Cox v. Sony, in 2019, a Virginia jury awarded roughly $1 billion in statutory damages to a group of record labels, led by Sony, ruling that Cox had ‘secondary liability’ for copyright infringement by its users. In 2024, the Fourth Circuit validated that decision, but vacated the award and ordered a new damages trial. Cox successfully petitioned the Supreme Court to review the decision, asking whether an Internet service provider can be held secondarily liable for subscribers’ alleged copyright infringement—based largely on infringement notices and “repeat infringer” accusations—simply for continuing to provide access, and what legal standard should govern that liability.

In September 2025 the Internet Society (ISOC) filed an Amicus Brief in the case, urging the Supreme Court to reverse the Fourth Circuit’s secondary-liability rule, arguing it would force ISPs to police users and terminate whole accounts on mere allegations of copyright infringement. The brief warns this would disconnect innocent people from essential connectivity, undermine the Internet’s layered, multi-intermediary architecture, and incentivize privacy-eroding surveillance, while rights holders can instead sue account owners directly.

3:56 am on August 2, 2024 · intermediary liability (7), isoc brasil (5)

WEBCAST AUG 7 – ISOC Brasil – Responsabilidade de intermediários digitais: abordagens, limites e possibilidades | ISOC Brazil – Responsibility of Digital Intermediaries: Approaches, Limits, and Possibilities

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Na quarta-feira, 7 de agosto de 2024, das 9h-10h30 BRT (12:00 – 13:30 ) o Capítulo Internet Society Brasil realiza um webinar ‘Responsabilidade de intermediários digitais: abordagens, limites e possibilidades‘ que examinará as razões para a regulamentação de plataformas digitais no Brasil e na Europa , centrando-se especificamente na responsabilidade dos intermediários digitais. O debate tem como ponto de partida a análise de impacto das propostas regulatórias no Brasil na operação da Internet, elaborada pela ISOC-Brasil. O evento ocorrerá de forma remota e contará com tradução simultânea para o inglês.

On Wednesday August 7th 2024, from 9am-10:30am BRT (12:00 – 13:30 UTC) the Internet Society Brazil Chapter hosts a webinar ‘Liability of digital intermediaries: approaches, limits and possibilities‘ which will examine the reasons for regulating digital platforms in Brazil and Europe, specifically focusing on the liability of digital intermediaries. The debate will start with the analysis of the impact of regulatory proposals in Brazil on the operation of the Internet, prepared by ISOC-Brazil. The event will take place remotely and will have simultaneous translation into English.

ORADORS – SPEAKERS
Paulo Rená da Silva Santarém, Researcher, Institute for Research on Internet and Society (IRIS-BH)
Monica Guise, Head of Public Policy for Integrity, Meta
Paula Bernardi, Senior Advisor, ISOC
Christoph Schmon, International Policy Director, EFF

MODERADORA – MODERATOR
Laura Pereira, Coordinator of the Working Group on Intermediary Liability (GT-RI) of ISOC Brazil

VIDEO | AUDIO | TXT PT / EN / ES

LIVESTREAMS

https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/isocbr-platformas (PT)

https://livestream.com/internetsociety/isocbr-platforms (EN)

REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3SFS08J ) (EN)

TWITTER #ResponsabilidadeDigital #RegulaçãoDePlataformas #ISOCBrasil #IntermediáriosDigitais #PolíticasDeInternet #DigitalAccountability #PlatformRegulation #ISOCBrasil #DigitalIntermediaries #InternetPolicies @ISOCBrasil @prenass Mônica Guise @meta Paula Bernardi @internetsociety

MASTODON ISOCBrasil

SIMULCASTS
https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive (EN)
https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/isocbr-platformas (PT/EN/ES)

2:04 pm on May 31, 2022 · encryption (49), intermediary liability (7), isoc brasil (5)

WEBCAST 31 MAIO – ISOC Brasil Encontro Anual – Edição 2022 – Responsabilidade de intermediários de volta aos holofotes / Criptografia e Investigações Criminais

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ISOC LIVEEm 31 de maio de 2022, às 14: 00-17: 30 BRT (17: 00-20: 30 UTC), o capítulo Brasil da Internet Society detém seu 2022 Encontro anual. O programa compreende dois painéis.

Painel 1 – Responsabilidade de intermediários de volta aos holofotes (14:00 – 15:30)

PAINELISTAS
Paulo Rená, ISOC Brasil
Paula Bernardi, Internet Society
André Fernandes, Instituto de Pesquisa em Direito e Tecnologia do Recife (IP.rec)
Luiza Brandão, Instituto de Referência em Internet e Sociedade (IRIS-BH)
Kate Oliveira Surini, Grupo de Estudos do Direito Digital Público e Direitos Humanos (GEDI/UFRN)
Anderson Lanzillo, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Gláucio Brandão, Escola de Ciências​ e Tecnologia (ECT/UFRN)
MODERADOR Luã Cruz, ISOC Brasil

WEBCAST https://youtu.be/gknm-AgogHw

Painel 2 – Criptografia e Investigações Criminais (16:00 – 17:30)

PAINELISTAS
Gustavo Rodrigues, Instituto de Referência em Internet e Sociedade
Ana Bárbara Gomes, Instituto de Referência em Internet e Sociedade
Juliana Saraiva, Grupo de Estudos do Direito Digital Público e Direitos Humanos (GEDI/UFRN)
MODERADOR Flávio Wagner, ISOC Brasil

WEBCAST https://youtu.be/N8xGuKLO7VU

TWITTER @ISOCBrasil

SIMULCASTS
https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live/status/1531689578196779008
https://fb.watch/dm2VPQiuHJ/ (AI Captions)

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/isocbrasil2022

8:00 am on November 26, 2020 · intermediary liability (7), isoc brasil (5)

Responsabilidade de intermediários: passado, presente e futuro / Responsabilidad de los intermediarios: pasado, presente y futuro

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Livestream Quinta-feira, 26 de novembro de 2020, 19h BRT | 22:00 UTC – O Centro de Ensino e Pesquisa em Inovação (CEPI) da FGV Direito SP e a ISOC Brasil convidam a todas e todos para o webinar de encerramento do curso livre “Estrutura e Funcionamento da Internet: aspectos técnicos, políticos e regulatórios“, que explorou diversos aspectos relacionados à infraestrutura e ao funcionamento da Internet como “a rede das redes”, considerando suas dimensões técnica, regulatória e social. O webinar discutirá, a partir de diferentes perspectivas, os tipos de responsabilidade de intermediários e como eles desafiam e são desafiados pelas transformações no ecossistema da governança e pelo próprio funcionamento da Internet, tendo em vista debates atuais relacionados à inovação, garantia da liberdade de expressão, proteção da privacidade, garantia da neutralidade de rede, além da própria preservação da estabilidade, segurança e funcionalidade da rede.

[ES] Jueves 26 de noviembre de 2020, 7 p.m. BRT | 22:00 UTC – El Centro de Enseñanza e Investigación en Innovación (CEPI) de FGV Direito SP e ISOC Brasil invitan a todos al webinar de cierre del curso gratis “Estructura y Funcionamiento de Internet: aspectos técnicos, políticos y regulatorios“, que exploró múltiples temas relacionados con la infraestructura y funcionamiento de Internet como “la red de las redes”, considerando sus dimensiones técnicas, regulatorias y sociales. La ponencia discutirá, desde diferentes perspectivas, los tipos de responsabilidad de los intermediários, así cómo desafían y son desafiados por los cambios en el ecosistema de gobernanza y el funcionamiento mismo de Internet, en vista de los debates actuales relacionados con la innovación, garantía de libertad de expresión, protección de la privacidad, garantía de neutralidad de la red, además de preservar la estabilidad, seguridad y funcionalidad de la red.

DEBATEDORES/PONENTES

Ana Paula Bialer (BFA Advogados)
Alexandre Pacheco da Silva (CEPI FGV DIREITO SP)
Paulo Rená da Silva Santarém (UniCEUB)
Agustina Del Campo (CELE)
Diego R. Canabarro (ISOC)
Raúl Echeberría (ALAI)

MEDIAÇÃO/MEDIACIÓN
Bruna Martins dos Santos (Data Privacy Brasil)

LIVESTREAM PT http://livestream.com/internetsociety/intermediarios

LIVESTREAM ES http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/intermediarios

AGENDA https://direitosp.fgv.br/evento/responsabilidade-de-intermediarios-passado-presente-futuro

PARTICIPAR VIA ZOOM – https://bit.ly/3pW2tNd

TWITTER #intermediarios @fgvcepi @ISOCBrasil @anabialer  @AgustinaDelCamp @diegorrcc  @prenass @raulecheberria @boomartins

SIMULCASTS
https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ (PT/ES)
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive (PT)
https://www.facebook.com/InternetSocietyAmericaLatinayCaribe (PT/ES) (Títulos de IA)

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/intermediarios

9:26 am on November 21, 2017 · intermediary liability (7), internet freedom (81), james grimmelmann (5), law (47), olivier sylvain (1), section 230 (9), zittrain (9)

.@lawdotcom celebrates 20th anniversary of Zeran v. AOL #netfreedom

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Zeran v. America Online, Inc.On November 10 2017 Eric Goldman and Jeff Kossoff published Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Internet Law’s Most Important Judicial Decision to mark the 20th anniversary of Zeran v. AOL, a landmark decision by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that clarified and defined 47 U.S.C. §230 aka Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act which established the principle of immunity from liability for ‘intermediary’ providers e.g. ISPs. The article notes

Together, §230 and the Zeran ruling helped create a trillion-dollar industry centered around user-generated content. Because of its influence on such a key issue, the Zeran ruling is widely considered the most important Internet Law ruling ever.

The article introduces a series of essays by Internet law experts, including Jonathan Zittrain, James Grimmelmann, and Olivier Sylvain,on the history, merits and impact of the ruling.

1:58 pm on December 10, 2015 · intermediary liability (7)

AUDIO: Why #IntermediaryLiability Is The Most Important Question Online @TechDirt @mmasnick @daphnehk

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techdirtIn this week’s edition of the Techdirt Podcast Daphne Keller of Stanford’s Center For Internet And Society takes a broad look at intermediary liability, and why it’s one of the most important questions for the future of the internet.

Listen on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/techdirt/why-intermediary-liability-is-the-most-important-question-online
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/IntermediaryLiability