Quote:Near as I can tell, it's the only sanction that they could reasonably get. The reasoning might be that the US government can bail out the companies' losses, so it's the US government that ends up paying... maybe.
Seems like a peculiar arrangement to me. What do US copyright holders have to do with internet gambling, or any other form of gambling? I mean, I'm not really *opposed* to hurting the RIAA, but I don't see how they would be involved in this in the first place.
Quote:I'm guessing either "punitive damages" or "somebody took the claimed losses in the RIAA's lawsuits against music uploaders as an example".
Also, their original claim was three times the size of their economy? What the hell?
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