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Originally Posted by Quexos
If I may interject a remark, people have also been sued for downloading such content. Not just for distributing it.
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All the cases I've heard of were p2p related where the downloader is technically also a distributor too. Damages in the case of distribution are high. The reason is simple, they can argue that everyone who downloaded it is a loss of income and that those people may pass it on to X more.
When it comes to individual infringement with no distribution. Damages are afaik restricted to provable direct loss. As a poster mentioned earlier, someone infringes their copyright on their photos, they get to sue them for the amount of money they'd have otherwise licensed the photos for and any other related damages they can show. Legal costs may or may not be awards which can put you at a loss for just taking the case to court.
Not a lawyer so if I have my facts wrong, apologies, but afaik the above is accurate.