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 PUBLIC LAW 102-563 —OCT. 28, 1992 106 STAT. 4245 "(a) CIVIL ACTIONS. —Any interested copyright party injured by a violation of section 1002 or 1003 may bring a civil action in an appropriate United States district court against any person for such violation. "(b) OTHER CIVIL ACTIONS. — Any person injured by a violation of this chapter may bring a civil action in an appropriate United States district court for actual damages incurred as a result of such violation. "(c) POWERS OF THE COURT. — In an action brought under subsection (a), the court— "(1) may grant temporary and permanent injunctions on such terms as it deems reasonable to prevent or restrain such violation; "(2) in the case of a violation of section 1002, or in the case of an injury resulting from a failure to make royalty payments required by section 1003, shall award damages under subsection (d); "(3) in its discretion may allow the recovery of costs by or against any party other than the United States or an officer thereof; and "(4) in its discretion may award a reasonable attorney's fee to the prevailing party. " (d) AWARD OF DAMAGES. — "(1) DAMAGES FOR SECTION 1002 OR 1003 VIOLATIONS.— "(A) ACTUAL DAMAGES. —(i) In an action brought under subsection (a), if the court finds that a violation of section 1002 or 1003 has occurred, the court shall award to the complaining party its actual damages if the complaining party elects such damages at any time before final judgment is entered. "(ii) In the case of section 1003, actual damages shall constitute the royalty payments that should have been paid under section 1004 and deposited under section 1005. In such a case, the court, in its discretion, may award an additional amount of not to exceed 50 percent of the actual damages. "(B) STATUTORY DAMAGES FOR SECTION 1002 VIO- LATIONS. — "(i) DEVICE. —^A complaining party may recover an award of statutory damages for each violation of section 1002 (a) or (c) in the sum of not more than $2,500 per device involved in such violation or per device on which a service prohibited by section 1002(c) has been performed, as the court considers just. "(ii) DIGITAL MUSICAL RECORDING. —A complaining party may recover an award of statutory damages for each violation of section 1002(d) in the sum of not more than $25 per digital musical recording involved in such violation, as the court considers just. " (iii) TRANSMISSION. —^A complaining party may recover an award of damages for each transmission or communication that violates section 1002(e) in the sum of not more than $10,000, as the court considers just. "(2) REPEATED VIOLATIONS.— In any case in which the court finds that a person has violated section 1002 or 1003 within
 * § 1009. Civil remedies

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