If someone steals your copyrighted text how much can you sue for?

[stocktrader23]

Topic.

[GatorB]

I own the rights to "Click Here" so I'm owed BIG TIME.

[johndoebob]

If you can track down in the guy and you and he are in the USA and find a good lawyer - millions.

[iwantchixx]

I think it's up to 250k per infringement on copyrighted materials right?

[stocktrader23]

Originally posted by johndoebob
If you can track down in the guy and you and he are in the USA and find a good lawyer - millions.

I doubt most of these people have millions. I've had text copy stolen thousands of times and sometimes my entire site layouts. C&D's don't sound like much fun, I think I'd rather go for the bucks. Gonna start paying to copyright my text / design on anything I think might get stolen.

Wheeeeeee

[railz]

From http://www.allworth.com/Articles/article14.htm

In terms of actual damages, the court will award the plaintiff (the copyright owner of the infringed material) the actual damages suffered by the party as a result of the violation and any profits of the violator that were obtained as a result of the infringement and were not computed in the actual damages. The plaintiff may elect to seek such damages at any time prior to the entry of final judgement. The plaintiff may also elect the statutory damages set forth in section 1203(c). For each Section 1201 violation (with respect to circumvention of technological measures) the court may award not less than $200 and not more than $2,500, and for each Section 1202 violation (with respect to copyright management information) the court may not award less than $2,500 and not more than $25,000. In the case of repeated violations of Section 1201 or 1202 within three years, the court may award damages up to triple the amount that would otherwise be appropriate.

Criminal penalties may also come into play and are applied to willful violations of the Act for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain. A fine of no more than $500,000 and/or imprisonment for no more than 5 years is imposed for the first violation and a fine of no more than $1,000,000 and/or imprisonment for no more than 10 years is imposed for every subsequent violation. Here, again, in the case of nonprofit libraries, archives, and educational institutions, the statute instructs the court not to assess damages in the case of an innocent infringement.

[AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE]

Fascinating Sig there stocktrader.

Has The Hun seen that? Or Did I already miss that drama?

[Corleone]

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[Corleone]

Originally posted by AlienQ
Fascinating Sig there stocktrader.

Has The Hun seen that? Or Did I already miss that drama?

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[stocktrader23]

Originally posted by AlienQ
Fascinating Sig there stocktrader.

Has The Hun seen that? Or Did I already miss that drama?

Nah, the owner of that domain and some other infringing designs called me a sigwhore. So I changed my sig.

[johndoebob]

Originally posted by stocktrader23
I doubt most of these people have millions.

A wife sued the girlfriend of her husband for millions for destroying the family in some US state and she's going to pay until the end of her life, it doesn't matter if the person actually has that much money.

With a good lawyer you can get lots of money out of almost every case (from psychic cruelty to damaging your reputation).

[stocktrader23]

Originally posted by johndoebob
A wife sued the girlfriend of her husband for millions for destroying the family in some US state and she's going to pay until the end of her life, it doesn't matter if the person actually has that much money.

With a good lawyer you can get lots of money out of almost every case (from psychic cruelty to damaging your reputation).

Nice.