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Old 06-26-2008   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: Photographer awarded 12 million for copyright infringement

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Originally Posted by Rodeoshooter View Post
The failure of the defendants to even respond could be looked at by the appeals court as a blatant disregard for the copyright law and the legal process and could end up hurting them even more. Kind of a thumbing their noses at the law!
It won't help but how can it hurt them further? An appeals court cannot ADD to a punishment.

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One would assume this company had business insurance which would give the plaintiff another avenue to recover the award. Bankruptcy is such a nasty thing when they use it to avoid paying for their law breaking.
Actually, because the insurance company wasn't involved in the beginning, they may get out of any contractual obligations to help here. Typically in cases like this, the insurance company will provide lawyers or at least assist.

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This had to have went on for over several months before it finally got to court. I know in my copyright case it took 2 years before they settled.

Great news for photographers as this case can be used to help other photographers.
Very good news, indeed.
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