> Isn't the whole point of damages to provide compensation for damage the plaintiff incurred as a result of the defendant's actions? That's actual/compensatory

> Isn't the whole point of damages to provide compensation for damage the plaintiff incurred as a result of the defendant's actions? That's actual/compensatory damages. There are also punitive damages. > You've got to have a pretty huge set of balls to demand damages in an amount exceeding what your whole industry has made in the entire history of its existence. Not really. You just claim that they kept your biz 10x smaller than it would have been otherwise. FWIW, Jevon's effect would probably let the music industry to make 2-5x as much as it did at its peak.