Saxon v. Blann

BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge,

j INTRODUCTION

Kurt Saxon has authored numerous books on survivalism and weaponry. He brought this action for copyright infringement, under 17 U.S.C. § 501 (1988), breach of contract and fraud against one of his distributors, Bill and Judy Blann [hereinafter referred to as Blann], and his publisher, Democrat Printing and Lithographing Co., Inc (DP & L), and DP & L sales representative, Lawrence P. Harper. After a bench trial, the district court1 found that Blann had violated one of Saxon’s copyrights, and awarded Saxon $19,843.45 in damages attributable to Blann’s…