It's also required to file suit anyway, but for that purpose does not have to be done before the infringement (IE you can register after infringement) - see Fou

It's also required to file suit anyway, but for that purpose does not have to be done before the infringement (IE you can register after infringement) - see Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com LLC et al You are somewhat correct on the statutory damages part. You can also register after learning of infringement there, as long as it is within 3 months of publication: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/412 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/412 This is just the statutory damages side. The author is also wrong in the "no loss" thing anyway because what courts consider loss is much greater than the average expectation of people :) I also think they severely underestimate the ease with which they can cut off contributory/etc infringement liability claims. They seem to think they just get to remove the code and go about their life, but in practice, it's not that simple.