I sued a company for willfull infringment and they admitted to infringing only after being sued. They offered a settlement of $20k only after I had $25k in legal fees. We went to trial and I got a...
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I sued a company for willfull infringment and they admitted to infringing only after being sued. They offered a settlement of $20k only after I had $25k in legal fees. We went to trial and I got a...
what exactly is your definition of willful breach? Is distributing copies without my permission not "willfully"? I'm sure no one put a gun to their head.
Took 30 seconds to look it up.
lazyness on their part is'nt a defense either. "Copyrighted 2003" on the front page.
If they new it was copyrighted and they copied it. Is'nt that willfully? They did'nt do it by accident.Is'nt it their responsability to make sure it is'nt copyrighted?
In a case where the copyright owner sustains the burden of proving, and the court finds, that infringement was committed willfully, the court in its discretion may increase the award of statutory...
From what I had read, 150k was the max . but all equipment used to manufacture the material can be confiscated(computers) .That if it were used for commercial gain or financial gain it would be a...
I talked to a lawers office today who deals with copyright law . He is supposed to call me. Is there a maximum on the monatary amount?
I was thinking they have put my future book sales at serious risk. Possibly shutting me down. They put the book in paper form. It can now be easily scanned and passed around freely on the internet....
yes.Back in 03.Would a how to book be considered as 'teaching" under fair use?
anyone care to comment?
I have a "how to" book that I wrote back in 03 and had it copyrighted. I sell it on my website. I just found out that a "big company" is using it and the pictures as their manual they supply with...