Labels:book | reckoner | sky OCR: -uqu -existent. The legislative history of Section 505 states full: "Under section 505 the awarding of costs and attomey's fees are left to the court: discre. tion, and the section also makes clear that nei- ther costs nor attorney' fees can be awarded or against the United States officer thercaf H.R. Rep. No. 1476 94th Cong. 2d Sess. 163 reprinted i1 1976 U.S Code Cong Admin. News 5779, 5779 See also Eld en Dale Golden, The Discretionary Awara Attorney's Fees dapun the Copyright Act Hastings Comment 41 {1991} This lack of legislative history has been noted pue discussed many romuentators and in many af the cases. and the legislative history of copyright acts proposed prior the 1976 Act is tt much tore enlight- ening "In the series of background studies that kicked off the revision process ...