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> Nintendo has repeatedly sued even when they lose. Why don't we have laws to punish companies like Nintendo for this kind of harassment? What if we had one li
by josephcsible 3y ago
> Nintendo has repeatedly sued even when they lose.
Why don't we have laws to punish companies like Nintendo for this kind of harassment? What if we had one like "if a copyright lawsuit is found to be frivolous or filed in bad faith, the copyright for all of the plaintiff's works involved in the case is forfeit to the defendant"?
- flutas 3y agoWe do. They're called Anti-SLAPP laws[0], but iirc they really only let you stop the current lawsuit. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_publ...
- DannyBee 3y agoSLAPP laws would not help since they are about public participation - like for example, you oppose a permit for someone down the street, and they sue you for doing so. Or you express an opinion on facebook about a political figure, and they sue you for defamation. What we are talking about here would not be considered a SLAPP in most states.
- johnnyanmac 3y ago>if a copyright lawsuit is found to be frivolous or filed in bad faith, the copyright for all of the plaintiff's works involved in the case is forfeit to the defendant That sounds like grounds for trolling in the other direction. Can you imagine some new IP taking off but then being grabbed by some asset flipping company that can outspend the creator?