The bad publicity this is getting Sony has already far outweighed the value of any verdict they get (in both monetary and deterrent value), and anyone could hav

The bad publicity this is getting Sony has already far outweighed the value of any verdict they get (in both monetary and deterrent value), and anyone could have seen that before they even filed the lawsuit. Sony shipped rootkits on audio CDs, and people still line up to give them money. I don't think a DMCA trial, or 100,000 of them, is going to matter to Sony's loyal customers.