Recent content by Bagsworth

To the people continuing to claim that these fines are insane: 427,000 users. $15/month. Period of 13 months. 427000(15*13) = 83,265,000. Blizzard's attorneys rounded up and made it a round $200 for each circumvention, therefore $85,400,000. Disgorgement of $3,052,339, meaning profit taken...

Whether it works or not, setting an example of a wrongdoer is often standard practice, in that the abject suffering of the individual tends to deter others from tempting the same fate. And as the poster above me reminds me, sets a legal precedent from which to conduct future suits. In this...

Cutting off someone's hand for robbery is unfair punishment, assuming that what the robber stole wasn't somebody else's hand.

I feel that it's worth noting that the $88m damages was the result of a default judgment. In other words, the defendant evidently didn't feel that the summons she was receiving were worth responding to. As a result, the defendant was automatically hit with the initial amount sought by the...