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Old 05-21-2009, 11:31 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by Shaggy View Post
Are we talking about civil copyright infringement where the copyright owner is suing for punitive damages, or are we talking about criminal infringement where the government is prosecuting for punitive damages? It sounds like your examples would be criminal infringement.
I was thinking of civil cases, but admit I'm blurry enough on the legal details that I may have given examples that don't work that way.

I'm not in favor of removing punitive damages from civil cases (of any sort) as a general rule.
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