Penalties for Infringement
Intellectual Property Information Center at Kansas State University Online Tutorial on Copyright Basics
There are also legal penalties for copyright infringement. Civil and criminal penalties may be imposed for copyright infringement. Civil remedies can include: statutory damages, which in cases of willful infringement may total up to $100,000 per work infringed, depending on the medium, number of copies, etc., actual damages, including the infringer's profits, an award of attorney's fees and/or court costs, injunctive relief against future infringement, impoundment and destruction of infringing copies, as well as other remedies.
While under some circumstances educators are not required to pay statutory damages (Section 304(c)), nonetheless, they may be responsible for paying the copyright owner’s actual damages caused by their infringement, as well as attorney's fees, court costs, etc.