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VENEGAS-HERNANDEZ v. SONOLUX RECORDS

Nos. 03-2014, 03-2015.

370 F.3d 183 (2004)

Maria VENEGAS-HERNANDEZ; Guillermo Venegas-Hernandez; Rafael Venegas-Hernandez; Yeramar Venegas-Velazques; Guillermo Venegas-Lloveras, Inc., Plaintiffs, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. SONOLUX RECORDS, Defendant, Appellee/Cross-Appellant, Sony; Sony Discos, Inc., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 7, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heath W. Hoglund, for appellants/cross-appellees.

David M. Rogero, on brief for appellee/cross-appellant.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

This case raises several novel issues, including an important question of the meaning of the statutory damages provision of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 504(c), and the question of whether Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(e) is ever available to alter or amend a default judgment entered under Fed.R.Civ.P. 55(b).

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