"In cases of “innocent infringement,” the court may reduce statutory damages to $200;"
"for certain infringements by nonprofit educational institutions, libraries, archives and public broadcasters, the court may reduce the award to zero."
separate situations.
this: "I also think this is somewhat important.. I can't picture anyone dragging someone to court just to receive $200 in damages over “innocent infringement”, and there will be a lot of “innocent infringements” after a "diligent, good faith search"!"-anonymous
is not solved by this: "Except this is why the same article also proposes a safe-harbor provision for those using probably-orphaned works for nonprofit purposes."-you
no subject
"for certain infringements by nonprofit educational institutions, libraries, archives and public broadcasters, the court may reduce the award to zero."
separate situations.
this:
"I also think this is somewhat important.. I can't picture anyone dragging someone to court just to receive $200 in damages over “innocent infringement”, and there will be a lot of “innocent infringements” after a "diligent, good faith search"!"-anonymous
is not solved by this:
"Except this is why the same article also proposes a safe-harbor provision for those using probably-orphaned works for nonprofit purposes."-you