Re:I conceal my identity the same way Aaron was indicted for
by vy8vWJlco on Saturday January 19, 2013 @05:54PM
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"Information is as real as money."
Certainly, however, information can be "held"/known by an arbitrary number of people at any single point in time, whereas money can only ever be held by a single person at a single point in time. That changes the nature of that reality. Value, and therefore damages, are simply not as concrete as is implied by the property analogy.
"On an actual damages basis this tort is huge."
That's for the courts to decide, and the public to rightly question as well.
Certainly, however, information can be "held"/known by an arbitrary number of people at any single point in time, whereas money can only ever be held by a single person at a single point in time. That changes the nature of that reality. Value, and therefore damages, are simply not as concrete as is implied by the property analogy.
"On an actual damages basis this tort is huge."
That's for the courts to decide, and the public to rightly question as well.