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Old 06-26-2008   #8 (permalink)
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Default Re: Photographer awarded 12 million for copyright infringement

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Originally Posted by lincolninked View Post
I have not followed the case, but you can ask for a judgment for 54 million over a pair of lost pants, but collecting is another matter.

What will end up happening here is peoples lives will be trashed over a simple photograph. How sad.

The lost pants people are out hundreds of thousands of dollars for misplacing a pair of pants for a month. I feel the courts are out of control because we have cranked out a system that allows this nonsense to take place. We are all the big losers in this.
Uh...you DO realize how that one turned out, right? The Chungs aren't out anything for the most part. Pearson was ordered to cover their legal expenses during the appeal verdict.

Court Rules for Cleaners In $54 Million Pants Suit - washingtonpost.com

Regardless, it's irrelevant to the copyright case here. Apples to oranges.
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