UNITED STATES v. GOSS

No. 85-8930.

803 F.2d 638 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tom GOSS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene A. Medori, Jr., Decatur, Ga., Charles Eugene Goss, Harlan, Ky., for defendant-appellant.

Lark I. Tanksley, Asst. U.S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before VANCE and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and ALLGOOD, Senior District Judge.


EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Tom Goss was convicted for infringing copyright by distributing copies of audiovisual works of the video games Karate Champ and Kung Fu Master. An owner of a legally made copy, however, is entitled to sell or otherwise dispose of that particular copy without the copyright owner's authorization. 17 U.S.C. Sec. 109(a). In this case, the copies in which the audiovisual works were fixed were...

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