2.  Infringer pays the actual dollar amount of damages and profits.  The law provides a range from $200 to $150,000 for each work infringed.  Infringer pays for all attorneys fees and court costs.  The Court can issue an injunction to stop the infringing acts.  The Court can impound the illegal works.  The infringer can go to jail.

3.  Fair use is one of the exceptions in copyright which allows use of copyrighted materials without obtaining permission as long as the use can be considered fair:  First Factor: Purpose and Character  ~The first factor addresses the character and purpose of the use of the work.  Second Factor: Nature of Work  ~The second factor looks at the creativity of the work. Creative works have more protection than factual ones, so the more creative a work is the less likely the use will be considered fair under this factor.  Third Factor: Amount  ~The third factor looks at the amount of the work that is being used.  Fourth Factor: Market Effect  ~The fourth factor takes into account how the intended use would impact the market for the work. Generally, the more restricted the use, the less impact on the market.

4.  If you know who the copyright owner is, you may contact the owner directly. If you are not certain about the ownership or have other related questions, you may wish to request that the Copyright Office conduct a search of its records or you may search yourself.

5.  It is not necessary to obtain permission if you show the movie in the course of “face-to-face teaching activities” in a nonprofit educational institution, in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction, if the copy of the movie being performed is a lawful copy.

6.  A music instructor can make copies of excerpts of sheet music or other printed works, provided that the excerpts do not constitute a “performable unit,” such as a whole song, section, movement, or aria. In no case can more than 10% of the whole work be copied and the number of copies may not exceed one copy per pupil.

7.  Nonprofit educational institutions can record television programs transmitted by network television and cable stations. The institution can keep the tape for 45 days, but can only use it for instructional purposes during the first ten of the 45 days.

8.  In general, students and instructors may create multimedia works for face-to-face instruction, directed self-study, or remote instruction provided that the multimedia works are used only for educational purposes in systematic learning activities at nonprofit educational institutions. Instructors may use their multimedia works for teaching courses for up to two years after the first use.

9.  http://www.copyright.gov/ http://www.copyright.gov/  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright  http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/ http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/  http://www.copyrightkids.org/ http://www.copyrightkids.org/