If you don't register your copyright within three months of first publishing a work, you can't claim (ludicrously excessive) statutory damages from more than 30

If you don't register your copyright within three months of first publishing a work, you can't claim (ludicrously excessive) statutory damages from more than 30 days before registration. http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap4.html#412 http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap4.html#412