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Question: What are the fines for copyright infringment?

Answer:Anyone found to have infringed a copyrighted work may be liable for statutory damages up to $30,000 for each work infringed and that amount may be increased up to $150,000 for each.


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Librarian of Congress Appoints Three Copyright Royalty Judges
The judges were appointed in accordance with the Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004, which became effective in mid 2005

Bill to Provide Equal Treatment Between Music Distribution Technologies
This bill is designed to create parity among the technologies so they may compete on the same playing field

LA Man Charged after Attempting to Make Copy of the MCAT
The total statutory maximum sentence for these three offenses is 26 years.

Final Defendant Pleads Guilty in Largest CD Manufacturing Piracy Scheme Uncovered in U.S.
The FBI estimates that approximately 494,000 pirated music, software, and movie Cd's, and DVDs, and more than 5,500 stampers were seized during those raids.



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Study Group Convenes to Discuss Exceptions to Copyright Law
The U.S. Copyright Office will then hold public hearings before submitting recommendations to the U.S. Congress.

Operator Of Software Piracy Website Caused Up To $20 Million in Losses to Software Industry
Ferrer, who is scheduled to be sentenced on August 25, 2006 at 9:00 A.M., could receive a maximum sentence of ten years in prison and a $500,000 fine.

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Good Will

Definition:
The value of a business or of a line of goods or services that reflects commercial reputation. A business with a well-established good will could see all of its tangible assets destroyed, yet still own its reputation, its good will.

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