Juan R. Ortiz-Gonzalez v. Fonovisa, Juan R. Ortiz-Gonzalez v. Distribuidora Nacional De Discos, Inc.

KRAVTTCH, Senior Circuit Judge.

In these consolidated cases involving copyright infringement, defendant-appellant Distribuidora Nacional de Discos, Inc., (“Distribuidora”), a distributor, appeals from the district court’s judgment awarding statutory damages, raising the following issues: whether a distributor can be liable for copyright infringement where plaintiff has not established that the producer was guilty of copyright infringement, and whether it violated due process for a defaulting party to not be notified of a trial date or to not have a damages hearing. Defendant-appellant…