The maximum is 10 years, but most infringement cases are settled long before they reach court, for amounts close to real damages.
Fines range from $750 to $30,000 per infringement, and a prison sentence is available in extreme cases.
In the United States, most punishment for copyright infringement is in the form of fees. Statutory damages can range from $750 to $30,000 per infringement.
The DMCA did not affect the punishments for infringement laid out in the existing copyright law. Fines range from $750 to $30,000 per infringement, and in extreme cases may include five years in prison.
You could be if you were trying to cross an international border with a large amount of infringing material. You can also go to prison for it.
Penalties for copyright infringement vary from country to country; in the US, fines start at $750 per infringement, but can go as high as $250,000 and 5 years in prison.
Copyright law was amended with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and there are now provisions for criminal prosecution of "willful and deliberate" infringements with a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
No, copyrighting a work is your right, as long as you are the creator.You can, however, go to jail for copyright infringement, although most punishment is meted out in fines.
Under current US law the maximum fine is $150,000.00 USD per incidence and although criminal prosecutions are rare there are provisions for a prison term of 10 years for "willful and deliberate" copyright infringement
You can receive a fine and prison sentence for infringing copyright.
Most infringement cases are resolved with fines instead of prison sentences.
In the United States, anyone found to have infringed a copyrighted work may be liable for statutory damages up to $30,000 for each work infringed and, if willful infringement is proven by the copyright owner, that amount may be increased up to $150,000 for each work infringed. In addition, an infringer of a work may also be liable for the attorney's fees incurred by the copyright owner to enforce his or her rightsThere are also provisions for criminal prosecutions of copyright infringement and, if convicted, a prison sentence of up to 10 years can be incurred along with fines of up to $250,000.00.
Yes; exceptionally egregious infringement cases can be handled in criminal court, and carry prison terms in addition to enormous fines.