When Suing For Copyright Infringement On A $500 License, Don't A...

Courtesy Techdirt  Fri, 08/08/2008 - 00:02

Eric Goldman has a short blurb describing the outcome in a copyright lawsuit where a title company apparently infringed on the copyright of another company by reusing its web-based "rate calculator" on its own site without a license.

Where the case got bizarre was that the copyright holder tried to claim that the title company now owed it every single cent it made, which amounted to $766 million in revenue -- even though (1) a license for the calculator would...


 

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