Where copyright is infringed, the copyright owner generally has the right to bring an action against the infringer to recover damages or an account of profits. Damages is a sum of money intended to compensate the copyright owner for money lost, or spent, in respect of the infringement, and will vary with the circumstances. An account of profits is the profit made by the infringer in selling the infringing copies.

There are also penalties for not co-operating with inspections of premises by representatives of CAL and Screenrights.