On Tue, December 8, 2009 19:42, karl shah-jenner wrote: > http://www.thestar.com/business/article/735096--geist-record-industry-faces-liability-over-infringement > > > "The class action seeks the option of statutory damages for each > infringement. At $20,000 per infringement, potential liability exceeds $60 > billion. These numbers may sound outrageous, yet they are based on the > same > rules that led the recording industry to claim a single file sharer is > liable for millions in damages." > > that being in reference to : > http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6534542.ece I do hope it at least keeps the lawyers amused for a while. Wouldn't mind if they actually had to pay out a few billions; I'm sure it'd be good for them. Kinda like being bled for a surfeit of some humor or other, you know? -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info
