Location: Ono Auditorium

Moderator: Tatsuhiro Ueno (Professor of Law, Waseda University Faculty of Law)

Speaker: Shyamkrishna Balganesh (Sol Goldman Professor of Law, Columbia Law School)

Commentator: Tomoaki Ishiara (Partner, Sidley Austin)

Language: English and Japanese (Consecutive Translation)

Outline: Prof. Balganesh’s lecture examined the foundations and future direction of secondary copyright liability in U.S. law, focusing in particular on Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment. He explained the judge-made origins of contributory and vicarious infringement, traced their development through Sony and Grokster, and analyzed how Cox raised fundamental questions about intent, knowledge, intermediary liability, and the continued role of common-law reasoning in copyright doctrine. After the lecture, Mr. Ishihara engaged Prof. Balganesh in a lively and entertaining discussion.