Many people still don't realize that copyright does not need to be formally registered with the US Copyright Office in order to be protected by copyright law. That said, among the benefits to registration is the right to bring forth a suit for infringement, under which the rightsholder may be awarded legal fees and statutory damages. "This is all well and good," you think, "For large publishers. But what about me, the independent publisher or author? Surely attorney's fees, t
