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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Court costs at least $25 per suit, lawyer to do paperwork $50 hour (who knows how many hours), $10 per summons (IIRC), vs cost per song $1. Nope not worth bothering since the judge may or may not award court costs. Plus what you mentioned.
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On that, no. They can sue for thousands of dollars per file/work infringed. I remember there were people charged with downloading less than ten songs that were sued for a quarter of a million dollars (I can't remember specifics, but Google is your friend). So it is definitely worth bothering with.
From memory, it was the immediate and severe PR backlash that ended the wholesale lawsuits against file sharers.