rds that such person knows to be false, shall
be fined not more than $2,500.
(d) Fraudulent Removal of Copyright Notice. Any person who, with
fraudulent intent, removes or alters any notice of copyright appearing
on a copy of a copyrighted work shall be fined not more than $2,500.
(e) False Representation. Any person who knowingly makes a false
representation of a material fact in the application for copyright
registration provided for by section 409, or in any written statement
filed in connection with the application, shall be fined not more than
$2,500.
(f) Rights of Attribution and Integrity. Nothing in this section applies
to infringement of the rights conferred by section 106A(a).
Section 507. Limitations on actions [6]
(a) Criminal Proceedings. Except as expressly provided otherwise in this
title, no criminal proceeding shall be maintained under the provisions
of this title unless it is commenced within 5 years after the cause of
action arose.
(b) Civil Actions. No civil action shall be maintained under the
provisions of this title unless it is commenced within three years after
the claim accrued.
Section 508. Notification of filing and determination of actions
(a) Within one month after the filing of any action under this title,
the clerks of the courts of the United States shall send written
notification to the Register of Copyrights setting forth, as far as is
shown by the papers filed in the court, the names and addresses of the
parties and the title, author, and registration number of each work
involved in the action. If any other copyrighted work is later included
in the action by amendment, answer, or other pleading, the clerk shall
also send a notification concerning it to the Register within one month
after the pleading is filed.
(b) Within one month after any final order or judgment is issued in the
case, the clerk of the court shall notify the Register of it, sending
with the notification a copy of the order or judgment together with the
written opinion, if any, of the court.
(c) Upon receiving the notifications specified in this section, the
Register shall make them a part of the public records of the Copyright
Office.
Section 509. Seizure and forfeiture
(a) All copies or phonorecords manufactured, reproduced, distributed,
sold, or otherwise used, intended for use, or possessed with intent to
use in violation of section 506 (a), and all plates, molds, matrices,
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