statutory damages
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From 344 U.S. 228 - F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Contemporary Arts, Inc. · 1952Most cited · 800 citing opinions
The statutory rule, formulated after long experience, not merely compels restitution of profit and reparation for injury but also is designed to discourage wrongful conduct. The discretion of the court is wide enough to permit a resort to statutory damages for such purposes. Even for uninjurious and unprofitable invasions of copyright the court may, if it deems it just, impose a liability within statutory limits to sanction and vindicate the statutory policy.