5th Circuit: Volitional Conduct Needed For Direct Copyright Infringement

(March 29, 2017, 1:55 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Texas federal judge did not err in granting a defendant summary judgment on the question of direct copyright infringement because the judge properly found an absence of volitional conduct, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 27 (BWP Media USA, et al. v. T&S Software Associates, No. 16-10510, 5th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 5340)....