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OCR: ARGUMENT A PREVAILING DEFENDANT IS ENTITLED TO ATTORNEY'S FEFS UNDER SECTION 505 OF THE COPYRIGHT 4CT ONLY SHOWS THAT THE PLAINTTFS LAWSUIT WAS FRIVOLOUS OTHERWISE ORJECTIVELY UNREASONABLE Section 505 of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C 505 provides ir pertinent part that in any copyright infringement action "the court discretion may awari reasonable attorney tee to the prevailing party as part of the costs terms nt course Section 505 reserves attorney fees only "prevailing parties. this Court recently explained, o[r] say that onby the prevailing party gets fees not say that the prevailing party interests are always first and foremost determining whether he gets them Independent Federation of Flight. Attendants Zipes 754 760 {1989} (emphasis in original) . he contrary this Court 'decided long a ...