# 17 U.S.C. ch. 5 — Copyright Infringement and Remedies (§§ 501–513) URL: https://consilena.com/coverage/laws/ksrc_ysfm231b1zcddaqs - Jurisdiction: United States - Type: Statute - Identifier: /us/usc/t17/ch5 - Current as of: 1 January 1978 - Provisions: 12 - Official text: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title17/chapter5&edition=prelim > The library is a research copy. Check the official source before relying on a provision: the text published there, not the copy in Consilena, is the law. ## Provisions ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 504. — Remedies for infringement: Damages and profits"] - **Remedies for infringement: Damages and profits"] Remedies for infringement: Damages and profits**: — Remedies for infringement: Damages and profits (a) In General .— Except as otherwise provided by this title, an infringer of copyright is liable for either—… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 505. — Remedies for infringement: Costs and attorney’s fees"] - **Remedies for infringement: Costs and attorney’s fees"] Remedies for infringement: Costs and attorney’s fees**: — Remedies for infringement: Costs and attorney’s fees In any civil action under this title, the court in its discretion may allow the recovery of full costs… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 502. — Remedies for infringement: Injunctions"] - **Remedies for infringement: Injunctions"] Remedies for infringement: Injunctions**: — Remedies for infringement: Injunctions (a) Any court having jurisdiction of a civil action arising under this title may, subject to the provisions of section… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 511. — Liability of States, instrumentalities of States, and State officials for infringement of copyright"] - **Liability of States, instrumentalities of States, and State officials for infringement of copyright"] Liability of States, instrumentalities of States, and State officials for infringement of copyright**: — Liability of States, instrumentalities of States, and State officials for infringement of copyright (a) In General .— Any State, any instrumentality of a… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 506. — Criminal offenses"] - **Criminal offenses"] Criminal offenses**: — Criminal offenses (a) Criminal Infringement.— (1) In general .— Any person who willfully infringes a copyright shall be punished as provided under section… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 507. — Limitations on actions"] - **Limitations on actions"] Limitations on actions**: — Limitations on actions (a) Criminal Proceedings .— Except as expressly provided otherwise in this title, no criminal proceeding shall be maintained under the… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 501. — Infringement of copyright"] - **Infringement of copyright"] Infringement of copyright**: — Infringement of copyright (a) Anyone who violates any of the exclusive rights of the copyright owner as provided by sections 106 through 122 or of the author… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 512. — Limitations on liability relating to material online"] - **Limitations on liability relating to material online"] Limitations on liability relating to material online**: — Limitations on liability relating to material online (a) Transitory Digital Network Communications .— A service provider shall not be liable for monetary… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 513. — Determination of reasonable license fees for individual proprietors"] - **Determination of reasonable license fees for individual proprietors"] Determination of reasonable license fees for individual proprietors**: — Determination of reasonable license fees for individual proprietors In the case of any performing rights society subject to a consent decree which provides… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 508. — Notification of filing and determination of actions"] - **Notification of filing and determination of actions"] Notification of filing and determination of actions**: — Notification of filing and determination of actions (a) Within one month after the filing of any action under this title, the clerks of the courts of the… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 503. — Remedies for infringement: Impounding and disposition of infringing articles"] - **Remedies for infringement: Impounding and disposition of infringing articles"] Remedies for infringement: Impounding and disposition of infringing articles**: — Remedies for infringement: Impounding and disposition of infringing articles (a) (1) At any time while an action under this title is pending, the court may… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 510. — Remedies for alteration of programming by cable systems"] - **Remedies for alteration of programming by cable systems"] Remedies for alteration of programming by cable systems**: — Remedies for alteration of programming by cable systems (a) In any action filed pursuant to section 111(c)(3), the following remedies shall be available: (1)… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 506. — Criminal offenses"] - **Criminal offenses"] Criminal offenses**: — Criminal offenses (3) Definition .— In this subsection, the term “work being prepared for commercial distribution” means— (A) a computer program, a musical… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 504. — Remedies for infringement: Damages and profits"] - **Remedies for infringement: Damages and profits"] Remedies for infringement: Damages and profits**: — Remedies for infringement: Damages and profits (2) In a case where the copyright owner sustains the burden of proving, and the court finds, that infringement… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 513. — Determination of reasonable license fees for individual proprietors"] - **Determination of reasonable license fees for individual proprietors"] Determination of reasonable license fees for individual proprietors**: — Determination of reasonable license fees for individual proprietors (3) Such proceeding shall be held before the judge of the court with jurisdiction over… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 501. — Infringement of copyright"] - **Infringement of copyright"] Infringement of copyright**: — Infringement of copyright interest in the copyright. (c) For any secondary transmission by a cable system that embodies a performance or a display of a work… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 512. — Limitations on liability relating to material online"] - **Limitations on liability relating to material online"] Limitations on liability relating to material online**: — Limitations on liability relating to material online (1) Limitation on liability .— A service provider shall not be liable for monetary relief, or, except as… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 503. — Remedies for infringement: Impounding and disposition of infringing articles"] - **Remedies for infringement: Impounding and disposition of infringing articles"] Remedies for infringement: Impounding and disposition of infringing articles**: — Remedies for infringement: Impounding and disposition of infringing articles (11) of section 34(d) of the Trademark Act to section 32 of such Act shall be… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 504. — Remedies for infringement: Damages and profits"] - **Remedies for infringement: Damages and profits"] Remedies for infringement: Damages and profits**: — Remedies for infringement: Damages and profits (3) (A) In a case of infringement, it shall be a rebuttable presumption that the infringement was committed… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 513. — Determination of reasonable license fees for individual proprietors"] - **Determination of reasonable license fees for individual proprietors"] Determination of reasonable license fees for individual proprietors**: — Determination of reasonable license fees for individual proprietors (3) shall be reviewed by the judge of the court with jurisdiction over the consent decree… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 506. — Criminal offenses"] - **Criminal offenses"] Criminal offenses**: — Criminal offenses a material fact in the application for copyright registration provided for by section 409, or in any written statement filed in connection… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 512. — Limitations on liability relating to material online"] - **Limitations on liability relating to material online"] Limitations on liability relating to material online**: — Limitations on liability relating to material online (1) complies with rules concerning the refreshing, reloading, or other updating of the material when… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 501. — Infringement of copyright"] - **Infringement of copyright"] Infringement of copyright**: — Infringement of copyright (1) With respect to any secondary transmission that is made by a satellite carrier of a performance or display of a work embodied… ### ["Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS", "CHAPTER 5 — COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES", "§ 512. — Limitations on liability relating to material online"] - **Limitations on liability relating to material online"] Limitations on liability relating to material online**: — Limitations on liability relating to material online (1)(A) has in effect a condition that a person must meet prior to having access to the material, such as… --- Consilena is a software provider, not a law firm. 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