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Somehow difficulty of proving damages is not so problematic when someone is prosecuted for downloading movies.

• deelowe 9y ago
  Very few of those cases make it to court for good reason.
• true_religion 9y ago
  You don't have to prove damages with movie downloads, the high punitive fine is written into the statute. Now if you wanted to sue for $1 million per copy instead of $10,000 or so, then you'd have to take it to court and prove those damages.
  • jononor 9y ago
    It would be good to have such standardized fines for breaches of private data.
    • rhizome 9y ago
      Yes, yes it would. I've been saying the same since at least the Target breach. Not that I'm anybody, but the idea is out there.