Copyright Infringement Penalties 


Copyright encroachment is the demonstration of abusing any of a copyright proprietor's selective rights conceded by the government Copyright Act. There are three components that must be set up all together for the encroachment to happen.


  • The copyright holder must have a legitimate copyright. 



  • The individual who is supposedly encroaching must approach the copyrighted work. 



  • The duplication of the copyrighted work must be outside the special cases. 


The legitimate punishments for copyright encroachment are: 


  • Infringer pays the genuine dollar measure of harms and benefits. 


  • The law gives a range from $200 to $150,000 for each work encroached. 



  • Infringer pays for all lawyers expenses and court costs. 



  • The Court can issue a directive to stop the encroaching demonstrations. 



  • The Court can appropriate the illicit works. 



  • The infringer can go to imprison.