WALT DISNEY CO. v. POWELL

No. 88-7266.

897 F.2d 565 (1990)

WALT DISNEY COMPANY, Appellee, v. Carl POWELL, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan H. Bernstein, Robert S. Silver, with whom Gary S. Marx, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellants.

Arthur J. Levine, with whom Richard L. Stroup, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, and RUTH BADER GINSBURG and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge WALD.

WALD, Chief Judge:

Carl Powell appeals from all three parts of a decision of the district court in a copyright infringement suit instituted against Powell, trading as J & L Distributors, by the Walt Disney Company ("Disney"). Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 504(c)(2), the district court awarded Disney statutory damages in the amount of $15,000 for each of six copyright infringements it found Powell had committed...

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