The value of a credit or by-line is what you assign to it in your licensing agreement.
If you put in your standard agreement that the usage isn't valid, i.e. there is a copyright infringement without the by line, and you have registered your images, I think you can claim "damages" at 10K per image.
If you don't have your paperwork in order then the 1 cent value might be closer to what you get.
Standard disclaimers..not a lawyer...you should contact one.... just someone who wishes that they operated under the same copyright laws
grs
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