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In the US the copyright must be registered with the copyright office to sue for damages.
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This is a good point. Yes, registration is required, although as you note, that can be done at any time. I presume calibre copyright is not registered. I haven't even seen a copyright notice (although I haven't looked).
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I believe that there is also a limit on the amount depending on when it was registered. Such as if it took place the day before filing the suit.
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If it's not registered within 3 months of the date of first publication, under U.S. law, the copyright owner can't be awarded attorney fees or statutory damages.
Statutory damages cover situations where the copyright owner can't prove damages. It would be very hard to establish any "damages" for infringement, so it again boils down to the likelihood that in the remotely unlikely scenario of a claim of GPL violation, the worst that would happen is the content would have to be edited to remove the GPL content added during the conversion.
There's an adjustment to the max/min amount of recovery when the infringement is "innocent."
It's just so unlikely as to be laughable, even if it is interesting to explore the limits of how the GPL applies.
And how many angels do you think can dance on the head of this pin?
