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The lawsuit is seeking to divest Warner of the hundreds of millions of dollars they've been paid for something they didn't have the rights to. There are all ki
by 300bps 13y ago
The lawsuit is seeking to divest Warner of the hundreds of millions of dollars they've been paid for something they didn't have the rights to.
There are all kinds of entities that have a claim to own a copyright. Some of them are true, some if them are false. If you aggressively enforce a copyright that ultimately turns out to not be yours to enforce, there should be stiff penalties over and above the fees you collected.
When the reconstituted SCO was suing everyone over Linux licenses over bogus copyright claims, they were unfortunately let off pretty easily.