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OCR: permits trial even where the author expressly denies copying When the copyright owner of an artist/ author's prior work chooses to sue granted free roll of the dice prevent that artist /author from continuing create and to conpete with new copyrighted works similar his old works. The 1auMo Of the copyrights ta the prior works can file infringement claims with the comforting knowl edge that the law presently stands the Ninth ir- cuit, (1) its case almost certainly will get trial. and need not worry about the award against it statutory attorneys' fees should the suit fail Amed with knowl edge of this legal advantage, plaintiffs in Fantasy posi tion are free exert economir leverage on the author n manner never contemplated by Copyright As an example, in this case, Fantasy refused to pay Foger ...