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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."
The true crux is the immoral and illegal decision to take something without reimbursing the owner.
I didn't "take" anything. They have nothing missing, I have no new "things". I took nothing from them any more than snapping a photo of a building kills the children of the architect who designed it.
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