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AussieWog93 on Dec 27, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ubisoft deleted account with hundreds of dollars’ ...

>A downloader can only be sued for the retail value of what they downloaded

Is this the actual law?

I remember hearing about people being sued for $100k+ just for downloading a few albums back in the Limewire days.

ramchip on Dec 27, 2021 [–]

Most likely they were also distributing (uploading), not just downloading.

AussieWog93 on Dec 27, 2021 | [–]

Reading the EFF's history (and thinking about how the technology works for one second!), it seems this was how the lawsuits were put forth.

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