Under the discovery rule, a party who files a timely claim for copyright infringement can recover monetary damages, even for copyright claims that date back more than three years from when the lawsuit was filed.

In the case of Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy, No. 22-1078 (U.S. May 9, 2024), the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the Eleventh Circuit’s ruling that, under the discovery rule, a party who files a timely claim for copyright infringement can recover monetary damages, even for copyright claims that date back more than three years from when the lawsuit was filed.

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