Glossary term
Statutory damages
Damages set by statute rather than proven actual loss. Under U.S. copyright (17 U.S.C. §504(c)), available for timely-registered works at $750–$30,000 per work, or up to $150,000 per work for willful infringement. Drives much of the headline-figure exposure in AI training-data cases. Read more → Read more → Read more → Read more → Read more → Read more → Read more → Read more →
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