On the 'death penalty' thing
On the 'death penalty' thing
Posted Feb 5, 2012 20:42 UTC (Sun) by dwmw2 (subscriber, #2063)In reply to: On the 'death penalty' thing by Otus
Parent article: A tempest in a toybox
"If the sued companies don't see the terms as acceptable they can continue the court case, where the SFC would presumably ask for a payment or whatever the law allows them to ask for."Indeed. It seems rather odd to complain that a settlement is unfair to them, and then to accept it anyway because it costs them less than the penalty that the court would have imposed for their crimes.
I find it particularly strange given that the type of settlements they're talking about bear so little relation to the things that the SFC say they do ask for (see here).
If the likes of Sony really want to reduce their risk, perhaps they should lobby the government to reduce the statutory damages for copyright infringement?