Legal Opinion
Venegas-Hernandez v. Sonolux Records
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 7, 2004No. 03-2014, 03-2015PublishedCited by 173 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This ease raises several novel issues, including an important question of the meaning of the statutory damages provision of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 504(c), and the question of whether Fed. R.Civ.P. 59(e) is ever available to alter or amend a default judgment entered under Fed.R.Civ.P. 55(b).
The heirs of a Puerto Rican popular songwriter sued two recording companies for copyright infringement of some of the songwriter’s best-selling songs. One of those companies defaulted and ended up with a $1.6 million judgment against it. The judgment was based on statutory…
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