In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Erik Funkenbusch
<erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote
on Fri, 9 Jun 2006 17:11:37 -0500
<1gfhyqtefvaa8.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 00:00:02 GMT, The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
>
>> Copyright infringement and remedies are dealt with in
>> Title 17, Chapter 5, Sections 501 through 513, of the US Code.
>>
>> http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/browse.html
>>
>> AFAICT, criminal prosecution is possible if the value of
>> the works is over $1,000 (retail). Civil suits have the
>> option of recovering damages (including court costs and
>> attorney's fees for *both* sides) and lost profits.
>
> Actually, it's value of the works over $1,000 *OR* if the infringement is
> used for commercial gain (no value specified).
In that case, the value is largely irrelevant if the user
profits from the infringement. In a commercial setting,
that makes life *real* interesting -- as it should.
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