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Re:Facebook scans system libraries on Android and uploads th... by Wowfunhappy on Friday August 30, 2019 @02:17PM (#20841081)
> The creators of those various libraries should have a valid legal case against Facebook here, if they want to exercise it.

Perhaps, but sadly, I don't actually foresee vendors wanting to exercise that right. From a business perspective, why bother?

Re:Facebook scans system libraries on Android and uploads th... by Silhouette on Friday August 30, 2019 @02:42PM (#20841342)
From a business perspective, why bother?

Maybe in jurisdictions like the US, where the copyright lobby has been very effective in getting aggressive anti-piracy legislation with huge penalties enacted, the statutory damages alone could be astronomical? Since Facebook could still afford to pay them, it might also offer to settle for a very worthwhile sum without even the risk of going to court.

I'm generally not a fan of hugely disproportionate penalties for copyright infringement, but this isn't some normal person falling victim to opportunist lawyers engaging in a form of barratry, this is a huge company with its own legal team who should know better than to wilfully infringe copyright.

Re:Facebook scans system libraries on Android and uploads th... by dredmorbius on Friday August 30, 2019 @08:17PM (#20843885)
The owner of a specific library might or might not.

They could potentially have ... friends ... who would have an interest in seeing a case brought, though.

(And since Bollea, barratry seems acceptable.)