Your take on how copyright infringement works only counts for unregistered copyrights. If the copyrighted works are registered with the copyright office statut

Your take on how copyright infringement works only counts for unregistered copyrights. If the copyrighted works are registered with the copyright office statutory damages apply: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/504 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/504