J & H Publishing Co. v. KMAP, Inc.

19 F. App'x 715

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: October 4, 2001
• Docket: No. 00-15521; D.C. No. CV-98-05840-DLB
• Status: Published

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

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The record adequately supports the Magistrate Judge’s finding that defendant-appellant, KMAP, Inc., committed nine acts of willful copyright infringement between December 20 and December 22, 1997, in violation of the version of 17 U.S.C. § 501 then in effect.

Section 504(c)(1) entitles the copyright owners to statutory damages in the amount of $500 to $20,000 per violation. Where, as here, the violation is found to be willful, Section 504(c)(2) permits a discretionary increase of the statutory damages award to a sum of not more than $100,000 per violation. The Magistrate Judge did not abuse his discretion under the statute in assessing damages of $18,500 per violation upon a finding of willfulness.

AFFIRMED.

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