United States First Circuit

In cross-appeals from a judgment of the district court finding defendant liable but reducing damages on due process grounds in an action for statutory damages and injunctive relief under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. section 101 et seq., judgment is affirmed on the court's finding of liability and injunctive relief where the Copyright Act is not unconstitutional under Feltner, but reversed with respect to the due process damages ruling where the court erroneously treated the statutory damages as punitive, not compensatory, awards for Seventh Amendment purposes.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/16/2011
• Published 09/16/2011

Judges

• LYNCH

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel