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Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by HPsquared on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @09:00AM (#42387740)
What's your view on statutory damages for copyright infringement? "Wilful infringement" has statutory damages up to $150k per work. This is similar. Like this it's a punishment imposed by the state, through the medium of inflated damages.
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Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by cess11 on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @09:11AM (#42387838)
No, I do not consider damages in copyright infringement a punishment. Whether damages are measured correctly or not in some case or other is beside the point I was making.
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