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**Penalties**
[|COPYRIGHT ACT 1968] Punishment if copyright laws are broken

**Injunctions** The owner of the copyright in a work or other subject-matter may obtain an injunction to restrain an infringement of copyright occurring or continuing. **Damages** A person whose copyright is infringed is entitled to damages as compensation for infringement. In the case of a blatant infringement, or where some particular benefit has accrued to the defendant, punitive damages may be awarded to a copyright owner. In determining the amount of damages for copyright infringement, a court may consider whether the infringement involved converting hardcopy material into digital form, as well as whether a stronger penalty would deter others from committing the same infringement.

**Criminal provisions** The Copyright Act also contains a number of criminal offence provisions. These include offences in aid of enforcement regimes for circumvention devices or services; abuse of rights management information and broadcast decoding devices; piracy of books, computer software, sound recordings and films; significant infringements on a commercial scale and other actions that prejudice the economic rights of the copyright right-holder. There are very high penalties. In determining a penalty, a court may impose higher penalties in certain circumstances for offences involving the conversion of hardcopy material into digital form.

__**COPYRIGHT ACT - 1968**__

The British Copyright Act 1911 continued to apply in Australia until the Australian Copyright Act 1968 came into force on 1 May 1969. The 1968 Act was enacted following the collapse of the imperial system after the passage of the British Copyright Act 1956, and following recommendations of the Spicer Committee, which had been appointed by the Australian Attorney-General in 1958 to review the 1912 Act to see what changes were necessary for Australia to ratify the Brussels Act of the Berne Convention. The 1968 Act remains in force today, but has been amended on a number of occasions. The first major review occurred in 1974 when the Whitlam Government appointed the Copyright Law Committee, chaired by Justice Franki, to examine the impact of reprographic reproduction on copyright law in Australia. The committee was also asked to examine the impact of photocopying and "to recommend any alterations to the Australian copyright law to effect a proper balance of interest between owners of copyright and the users of copyright material in respect of reprographic reproduction." During its deliberation the Franki Committee observed that because Australia was a net importer of copyrighted works it should be careful to not adopt too radical solutions. The Franki Committee recommended, amongst others, the adoption of a statutory licensing scheme. When commencing its review the Committee stated that the primary purpose of copyright law was: > "...to give to the author of a creative work his just reward for the benefit he has bestowed on the community and also to encourage the making of further creative works. On the other hand, as copyright in the nature of a monopoly, the law should ensure, as far as possible, that the rights conferred are not abused and that study, research and education are not unduly hampered."

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Batman enforced penalties on the joker, and all the other villanous characters in the movie Batman.Spiderman took down the green goblin and found out that he killed his best friends dad and he felt really bad. Superman shoots laser beams out of his eyes and he can also run really fast, he should be penalised because thats not fair for everyone else.Ben 10 kills vilgax and all the other bad aliens in the world and he manages to keep a relationship with a pro tennis player. Now that I think about it he really doesnt get penalised.