> Why pay for a license when, worst case, you'll be taken to court to pay the same amount? First of all: I'm not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. You do

> Why pay for a license when, worst case, you'll be taken to court to pay the same amount? First of all: I'm not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. You don't pay the full price of the intellectual property when licencing it, do you? The value of the intellectual property should be based on it's market value which would, in a perfect world be based on the expected benefit from that property. Also, paying for the damages for unlicensed usage does not mean you can keep using it unlicensed further on.