# Cox Communications decision continues to wipe out contributory infringement claims in lawsuits v. AI companies

> Source: <https://chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2026/07/16/cox-communications-decision-continues-to-wipe-out-contributory-infringement-claims-in-lawsuits-v-ai-companies/>
> Published: 2026-07-16 14:13:07+00:00

Add the *Advanced Local Media* plaintiffs to the list of plaintiffs dropping their contributory infringement claims against AI companies after the Supreme Court’s 9-0 decision in * Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment*.

I expect most of these lawsuits will drop the contributory infringement claim or ultimately have it dismissed.

A few plaintiffs may try to argue (i) intentional inducement or even (ii) developing a technology specially designed only for infringement. But the latter theories need evidence and are also likely to be losers. The *Sony* safe harbor looms large for the latter theory: technologies capable of substantially non-infringing uses, such as creation of non-infringing works, will almost certainly defeat any claim of a “specially designed” technology that is good for “nothing but infringement.”

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