| a copy of the complaint, is served on the Register of Copyrights. The Register may, at his or her option, become a party to the action with respect to the issue of registrability of the copyright claim by entering an appearance within sixty days after such service, but the Register's failure to become a party shall not deprive the court of jurisdiction to determine that issue. | |
| (b) | In the case of a work consisting of sounds, images, or both, the first fixation of which is made simultaneously with its transmission, the copyright owner may, either before or after such fixation takes place, institute an action for infringement under section 501, fully subject to the remedies provided by sections 502 through 506 and sections 509 and 510, if, in accordance with requirements that the Register of Copyrights shall prescribe by regulation, the copyright owner− |
| (1) | serves notice upon the infringer, not less than ten or more than thirty days before such fixation, identifying the work and the specific time and source of its first transmission, and declaring an intention to secure copyright in the work; and |
| (2) | makes registration for the work within three months after its first transmission. |
§ 412. Registration as prerequisite to certain remedies for infringement
| In any action under this title, other than an action instituted under section 411 (b), no award of statutory damages or of attorney's fees, as provided by sections 504 and 505, shall be made for− |
| (1) | any infringement of copyright in an unpublished work commenced before the effective date of its registration; or |
| (2) | any infringement of copyright commenced after first publication of the work and before the effective date of its registration, unless such registration is made within three months after the first publication of the work. |
Chapter 5.—Copyright Infringement and Remedies
Sec.
- Infringement of copyright.
- Remedies for infringement: Injunctions.
- Remedies for infringement: Impounding and disposition of infringing articles.
- Remedies for infringement: Damages and profits.
- Remedies for infringement: Costs and attorney's fees.
- Criminal offenses.
- Limitations on actions.
- Notification of filing and determination of actions.
- Seizure and forfeiture.
- Remedies for alteration of programing by cable systems.
§ 501. Infringement of copyright
| (a) | Anyone who violates any of the exclusive rights of the copyright owner as provided by sections 106 through 118, or who imports copies or phonorecords into the United States in violation of section 602, is an infringer of the copyright. |
| (b) | The legal or beneficial owner of an exclusive right under a copyright is entitled, subject to the requirements of sections 205 (d) and 411, to institute an action for any infringement of that particular right committed while he or she is the owner of it. The court may |
