Statutory damages are a huge weapon under the DMCA for copyright infringement, as well as other federal intellectual property states such as the ACPA for domain name cybersquatting.
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World's Dumbest File Sharer Loses Case and Lawyer
As noted in The Register, the Thomas case surely marked a low point for both sides in the P2P wars. Now, Jammie Thomas has been fired by her own attorney who admittedly had no copyright or Digital Millennium Copyright experience. The lawyer for Ms. Thomas apparently encouraged her to take the case to trial on principle, turning a likely $2,000 settlement into a $222,000 judgment against her.
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