11th Circuit Affirms: No Punitive Damages In Copyright Case

Mealey's (May 22, 2019, 1:48 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A Florida federal judge did not abuse his discretion in finding that copyright infringement claims raised by a ministry against a YouTube critic were filed not in malice, but in a good faith belief that infringement had occurred, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled May 20 (Shirley Johnson v. New Destiny Christian Center Church Inc., et al., No. 18-13940, 11th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 14842)....