COPYRIGHT ACCIDENTS

In these cases, they take "every care" to get the permission and avoid infringement but still sometimes accidents happen and they mistakenly print copyrighted material without authorization. Because copyright holds them responsible for these accidents regardless of how much they tried to prevent them, they offer this boilerplate apology up front. The usual rule in tort law is you are only liable for accidents if you were negligent.2 Run someone over in your car and break their neck, spill toxic waste in a town center,3 or let your dog bite a neighbor, and you are only liable if you failed to take "reasonable care" to prevent the accident.