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Originally Posted by Hitch
But the victim of IP Infringement is actually damaged MORE, in many ways, than the victim of Embezzlement, because most times, s/he can't prove what was taken. When that's the case, and s/he can't prove damages, for the very reasons so abundant in this discussion (can't tell how many downloads, nobody will agree how many might have been real sales, etc.) s/he can't sue--or s/he can't sue and win, unlike the victim of the embezzler.
But...I guess she can take some comfort in the idea that she wasn't actually THIEVED from.  |
So ... the author/publisher are victims because they think they might be, even though they can't prove it? And the less proof they have, the more victimized they are?
Even if one accepts that cockeyed premise, how in the world does DRM help reduce the paranoia when it's so easy to bypass it?