Bmg Music Cbs, Inc. A & M Records, Inc. v. Edmundo Perez, Individually and Dba La Feria Del Disco and La Feria Del Disco No. 1

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• affirming a contempt sanction based on the statutory damages provision of § 504, noting the district court’s “wide discretion” in setting the amount of damages within the statutory range
• describing “ ‘wide discretion’ in setting the amount of damages within the statutory range,”
• rejecting argument that any conduct short of “wholesale importation” equals de minimis infringement
• rejecting argument that any conduct short of “wholesale” importation equals de minimis infringement
• upholding contempt sanction of $10,000 per violation of injunction as 6 not an abuse of discretion given that it was “an amount no greater than the statutory 7 damages for the resulting copyright infringement”

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