Mealey's (January 3, 2019, 4:29 PM EST) -- CINCINNATI — On Dec. 20, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rejected a copyright infringer’s challenge to an award of $30,000 in statutory damages that were issued by an Ohio federal judge to a competing recording artist (Robert L. Smith Jr. v. Bernard Thomas, No. 18-3380, 6th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 35916)....