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Authored by: Christian on Monday, May 14 2012 @ 05:16 PM EDT |
Google is your friend. Try this link:
http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/legal-publications-ron-coleman/statutory-da
mages-copyright-cases/
Basically, the judge should decide something reasonable based on the facts of
the case. The judge could reasonably decide that the copying was of no benefit
to Google or detriment to Sun and use the minimum damage award. He could decide
that Google should have more robust protections to stop possible copying and
make the award larger. The judge has shown that he doesn't think the small
amount of copying that has been proven is important, so Oracle is not likely to
convince him to use his discretion to choose the maximum penalty.
The point seems to be that proving actual damages or profits can be impossible,
and statutory damages allows the judge to make a reasonable guess when there is
inadequate information. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: PJ on Monday, May 14 2012 @ 06:15 PM EDT |
Yes. It depends on what you copied, that is,
how many times.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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