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Re:Ubisoft deleted account with hundreds of dollars’ worth o... by AussieWog93 on Monday December 27, 2021 @02:29AM (#29700325)
>A downloader can only be sued for the retail value of what they downloaded

Is this the actual law?

I remember hearing about people being sued for $100k+ just for downloading a few albums back in the Limewire days.

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Re:Ubisoft deleted account with hundreds of dollars’ worth o... by ramchip on Monday December 27, 2021 @02:33AM (#29700344)
Most likely they were also distributing (uploading), not just downloading.
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Re:Ubisoft deleted account with hundreds of dollars’ worth o... by AussieWog93 on Monday December 27, 2021 @04:25AM (#29700927)
Reading the EFF's history (and thinking about how the technology works for one second!), it seems this was how the lawsuits were put forth.
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