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Originally posted by Squirtit
Yes, and papering is a whole nother issue ... not even considering the hundreds, or thousands , or cases they will have to open, serve and appear for. It can be done. DirecTV is suing THOUSANDS right now in Florida... last month alone they filed 300 suits. Law.com article regarding this
Acacia is not DirectTV.. and DirectTV has a clear cut case... Acacia doesn't. Nine-year-old DirecTV is a division of Hughes Electronics Corp., which in turn is a unit of General Motors. Hughes had 2002 revenues of $8.9 billion
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Squirtit,
again you are correct, a plaintiff can initiate hundreds, even thousands of lawsuits, but you are comparing apples to oranges.
Hughes DOES have a case. And their lawsuit is a SIMPLE one. Is the defendent paying for the satellite TV he's receiving, or is he not. Easy to verify, easy slam-dunk for Hughes, a hugely profitable enterprise, with a VERY easy case to litigate. Only a fool would go into court against Hughes---why, because if you are found guilty of stealing from Huges it is no longer a CIVIL matter---it will be a criminal matter (misdemeanor) and you will now have a criminal record. People will settle, people will get default judgments if they don't settle, and if they continue theft of service the sheriff will come out to the guy's trailer and charge the fast freddie with the crime.
Now consider the acacia lawsuit. A difficult lawsuit to explain to a jury. A jury that probably has seen AOL and CNN stream video over their own home computer and wonder why this webmaster can't do it, but CNN and AOL can.
Then consider the fact that acacia, no matter how much they economize the scale of it, probably cannot appear in court with you for less than maybe $5000 out-of-pocket (probably more).
Anyone can dispute the numbers, but in my estimation $5000 is bare minimum that acacia must allocate to begin litigation against a single webmaster outside of California.
So take that times maybe 10,000 in the USA alone.
Make them take you to court and prove their case to a jury of YOUR peers.
Ain't gonna happen.