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Especially the brazenness with which the author basically says "if they want to sue me for this verified and admitted IP theft, they can." Sure, they probably
by pc86 3y ago
Especially the brazenness with which the author basically says "if they want to sue me for this verified and admitted IP theft, they can."
Sure, they probably won't. But they might. And if they do, you'll lose immediately. Seems like a pretty high risk no reward scenario.
- sokoloff 3y agoAnd if you lose immediately, you likely owe damages. Those damages, even if trebled, appear to be $0 here.
- pc86 3y agoWhich would be a great solace to someone who just spent $10k or more like 2-3x that responding to a lawsuit. But that's also why I agree the odds of actually getting sued are near-zero.
- Alupis 3y agoSome companies, armed with floors of attorneys and retained outside counsel, do that sort of thing just for the message alone. It costs them next to nothing, relatively, ruins the defendant regardless of outcome, and makes it clear for others to not mess around with IP.
- Aeolun 3y agoWhy would you spend any money on a suit you intend to lose?
- IshKebab 3y agoBecause you intend to lose it with 0 damages.
- akozak 3y agoPretty sure that's not how copyright damages work. Don't take legal advice on HN folks.
- concordDance 3y agoWhat makes you think that's not how it works?
- akozak 3y agohttps://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/504 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/504
- concordDance 3y agoYou could have said "There's statutory damages in of $750 or higher" in addition to providing the link. Thanks anyway.
- m00x 3y agoI'm sure they could find damages amounting to a large enough amount that OP would regret.
- kopecs 3y agoExcept there are statutory damages for copyright infringement.
- concordDance 3y agoNot all rewards are monetary, in this case the reward is thinking his tool might be used by others at some point.