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BLACKMAN v. HUSTLER MAGAZINE, INC.

Nos. 85-5849, 85-5889.

800 F.2d 1160 (1986)

Barry M. BLACKMAN, v. HUSTLER MAGAZINE, INC., Appellant. Barry M. BLACKMAN, Appellant, v. HUSTLER MAGAZINE, INC.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 29, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Zafman, Beverly Hills, Cal., a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Cal., pro hac vice by special leave of Court, with whom Mark W. Foster, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant in No. 85-5849 and cross-appellee in No. 85-5889.

Bruce R. Genderson, with whom Paul Martin Wolff and Robert W. Hamilton, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee in No. 85-5849 and cross-appellant in No. 85-5889.

Before EDWARDS, BORK and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge KOZINSKI.

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:

Encrypted in this story about nude photographs, shoddy business ethics, politics and unexpected riches lies a question about the calculation of damages for copyright infringement. Both facts and law make fascinating reading.

FACTS

Background

Barry M. Blackman is a professional photographer. In 1972 he took a series of nude photographs of a relatively...

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