ORTIZ-GONZALEZ v. FONOVISA

Nos. 00-2290, 01-1004.

277 F.3d 59 (2002)

Juan R. ORTIZ-GONZALEZ, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. FONOVISA, Defendant, Appellant. Juan R. Ortiz-Gonzalez, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Distribuidora Nacional De Discos, Inc., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 17, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irene M. Vera, with whom Alfredo Castellanos was on brief for appellant.

Rafael E. Silva-Almeyda, with whom Jésus R. Rabell-Méndez was on brief for appellee.

Before: BOUDIN, Chief Judge, KRAVITCH, Senior Circuit Judge, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.


KRAVITCH, Senior Circuit Judge.

In these consolidated cases involving copyright infringement, defendant-appellant Distribuidora Nacional de Discos, Inc., ("Distribuidora"), a distributor, appeals from the district court's judgment awarding statutory damages, raising the following issues: whether a distributor can be liable for copyright infringement where plaintiff has not established that the producer was guilty of copyright infringement, and whether it violated...

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