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Old 10-09-2007, 05:59 PM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by gideongallery View Post
and that is contract law, not copyright law
nothing stops you from suing them for damages under contract law. But you would have a much harder time in an online transaction because having to prove that they knowingly agreed to all the terms you are suing them for.
any you would have to define damages without referencing any of the exclusive rights granted by the copyright act, since for the scope of the rights you are taking away via the contract the content is legal equivalent of "public domain" (exempt from exclusive restrictions of the act)
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