At issue, is whether the trial judge can impose statutory damages when the actual profits of the infringer are known.
The Court imposed damages despite a claim that the copying was subconscious.
But states that do not already impose such damages would not be required to conform to the new national policy.
He said that under copyright law a judge can impose damages as high as $150,000 for each infringement.
Judge Kessler said that under a recent appeals court ruling she had no power to impose such large financial damages.
He is seeking to release them from bad loans, get compensation for excessive charges and impose punitive damages.
I don't think any of them anticipated the courts would impose damages.
That bill, which passed the legislature after several attempts, allowed the commission to impose injunctions and financial damages in civil rights cases.
He asked jurors to impose punitive damages on the defendants for gross negligence.
He said rent examiners who decide the cases almost never impose such damages.