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OCR: Among the Copyright Office studies were two that explicitly addressed tre issue attorney fees under the 1909 and 1976 Acts. I1 of those studies, the Office that in adjudicating fer requests under the 1909 Act the courts' discretion ha[d] been judiciously exercised and cited over dozen cases examples that "judicious' exercise discretion. William Strauss Damage Provisions tthe Covyright Law Copyright Office Study No. 22 86th Cong 2d Sess. 3 243 (Comm Print 1960} "Strauss Study In each the cited cases involving prevailing defendant the court either had awarded fees based 00 the plaintiff' unreasonable claim. or denied fees because there was nC such unreasonable claim OJ without explanation. Not single case in the 1956 Strauss Study contrary rule Office, which is itself ari arm 10 Congress Id. ...