Legal Opinion
United States v. David L. Heilman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 8, 1980No. 79-1301PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal challenges the validity of the first criminal prosecution for “record piracy” under Section 104 of the Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 104). The indictment also contained numerous mail fraud counts (18 U.S.C. § 1341). After a bench trial, defendant was found guilty of 18 of the 26 counts of the copyright offenses; the remaining counts of the indictment were dismissed. Defendant was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment and fined $500 on each count, the prison terms to run concurrently and the fines to be accumulated. From the judgment of conviction, the…
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