Eighth Circuit Reinstates $222,000 Statutory Damages Award in File Sharing Case | Practical Law
In Capitol Records, Inc. v. Thomas-Rasset, the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the district court's judgment reducing statutory damages for willful copyright infringement to $54,000 and remanded the case with directions to enter a judgment for damages in the amount of $222,000. The Eighth Circuit also issued an injunction preventing Thomas-Rasset from making any of plaintiff's copyrighted works available for distribution online.