Columbia Pictures sued a broadcaster for continuing to air its programs after license termination. The Copyright Act let the court, rather than a jury, set statutory damages. Justice Thomas held that the Seventh Amendment preserves the right to a jury trial for any legal claim analogous to those tried in the English courts of law in 1791 — and copyright damages actions qualify. Statutory damages, no less than actual damages, must be assessed by a jury on demand. Feltner is a modern touchstone for Seventh Amendment analysis in federal statutory schemes, from patent to securities cases.