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Actual Damages For 1 Download = Cost of a 1 License
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In Real View v 20-20 Technologies, it was held that the actual copyright infringement damages for a single unauthorized download of a computer program was the lost license fee that would have been charged. The judge, in the District Court of Massachusetts, granted remittitur, reducing the jury's verdict from $1,370,590.00 to $4200 unless the plaintiff seeks a new trial. Something tells me the plaintiff will seek a new trial."
Sudden outbreaks of common sense?? If this is forbearance to 2012, BRING ON THE FUTURE!
There's a spot in User Info for World of Warcraft account names? Really?
Is murder stealing?
If you say "no", then I claim you're just justifying your unethical actions. You murderer.
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I don't know. All of the companies sueing people over copyright violations are molesting my inner child. That means they are 'child molesters', right?
Yes, and your new idea that companies are child molesters has "given birth" to new thoughts in my head; thus I'm going to take you to court to get my child support payments.
That was consensual bitch! If you didn't want it, should shouldn't have dressed in all that tight fitting subprime hoochie momma mortgage.
WHORE!
I forgot to mention that without copyright there will be no incentive for said ancestor to create more cave paintings.
Any insufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology.