Copyright Law

Petition for certiorari filed in Panorama v. Zomba on issue of unconstitutionality of excessive statutory damages

By Ty Rogers and Ray Beckerman

In Panorama v. Zomba, a case challenging as unconstitutional an award of statutory damages in an amount that is 44 times the amount of actual damages, a petition for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court has been filed.

[Ed. note. By comparison, the award in Capitol v. Thomas, where a motion to set aside the verdict is pending, was approximately 23,000 times the actual damages. -R.B.]

Petition for Certiorari, Panorama v. Zomba*

* Document published online at Internet Law & Regulation

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Full post as published by Recording Industry vs The People on February 21, 2008 (boomark / email).