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51 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 439 (2009-2010)
Statutory Damages in Copyright Law: A Remedy in Need of Reform

handle is hein.journals/wmlr51 and id is 443 raw text is: STATUTORY DAMAGES IN COPYRIGHT LAW: A REMEDY IN NEED OF REFORM PAMELA SAMUELSON & TARA WHEATLAND* TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ..................................... 441 I. THE EVOLUTION OF STATUTORY DAMAGES IN U.S. COPYRIGHT LAW ................................ 446 A. Statutory Damages Under the 1909 Act ............. 446 B. Statutory Damages Under the 1976 Act ............. 451 1. Respects in Which Congress Limited Statutory Dam ages .................................... 452 2. Respects in Which Congress Broadened Statutory Damages ............................ 457 II. STATUTORY DAMAGES AWARDS IN COPYRIGHT CASES SHOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH DUE PROCESS PRINCIPLES ............................ 464 A. The Supreme Court's Due Process Jurisprudence Limits Punitive Damage Awards .................. 464 B. Some Copyright Statutory Damage Awards Are Consistent with Congress's Intent and Due Process Principles ........................... 474 C. Some Copyright Statutory Damage Awards Are Inconsistent with Congressional Intent and Due Process Principles ........................... 480 D. Punitive Statutory Damage Awards Are Subject to Due Process Limits .............................. 491 439 * Pamela Samuelson is the Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law and Information at the University of California, Berkeley. Tara Wheatland is a Research Fellow for the Copyright Principles Project of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. We are grateful to David Marty for excellent research assistance.

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