A federal judge in Alabama has awarded CCO nearly a $1 million judgment for copyright infringement, as well as a permanent injunction against the two defendants involved in the misconduct. On December 13, 2021, U.S. District Judge Terry F. Moorer of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, entered a judgment against Donald Childers ("Childers") and his company, Alabama-based Nationwide Equipment Training, LLC ("Nationwide"), in favor of CCO. (The defendant is not related to Nationwide Crane Training, based in Nevada.) The court found the defendants liable for "willful" copyright infringement of certain CCO written examinations, resulting in statutory damages against the defendants, plus attorney's fees. In addition, Judge Moorer issued a permanent injunction which, among other things, prohibits defendants from training any candidates for CCO exams.
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