United States v. Ralph E. Smith, D/B/A Televideo Corporation

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Defendant, Ralph E. Smith, d/b/a Televideo Corporation (Televideo), was indicted for offenses allegedly arising out of his distributing copies of copyrighted works in interstate and foreign commerce. The indictment charged 227 counts. Counts 1-218 charged defendant with misdemeanor offenses of willfully infringing for profit a copyright by violating the copyright own er’s exclusive rights to distribute copies of the copyrighted work to the public, in violation of 17 U.S.C.A. §§ 106(3) and 506(a). Counts 219-227 charged defendant with felony offenses of transporting…