Comments on: Great moments in damages calculation? Nope https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/05/great-moments-in-damages-calculation/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 28 May 2012 05:11:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Walter Olson https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/05/great-moments-in-damages-calculation/comment-page-1/#comment-159500 Mon, 28 May 2012 05:11:30 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=30037#comment-159500 Thanks, gitarcarver, for being the first to catch this. I’ve revised the original post accordingly.

]]> By: gitarcarver https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/05/great-moments-in-damages-calculation/comment-page-1/#comment-159499 Mon, 28 May 2012 04:54:52 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=30037#comment-159499 It appears the story was run without a great deal of fact checking or sourcing.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120524/16265119070/no-riaa-is-not-asking-72-trillion-limewire-bad-reporters-bad.shtml?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

The sad thing is that it is so believable because many people think the RIAA would do just such a thing.

]]> By: David Schwartz https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/05/great-moments-in-damages-calculation/comment-page-1/#comment-159494 Mon, 28 May 2012 03:33:57 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=30037#comment-159494 Does anyone know where this $72 trillion figure actually came from? Every source I found cites some other source for the figure.

]]> By: The Buggy-Whip Manufacturers Are Still Wondering Who to Sue » The New Atlantean https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/05/great-moments-in-damages-calculation/comment-page-1/#comment-159414 Sun, 27 May 2012 15:25:19 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=30037#comment-159414 […] be downright saddened. However, I promise to be less of a dickhead about it than the RIAA, who is suing Limewire for 72 trillion dollars. That’s more money than there exists in the entire world today.  And people wonder why […]

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