Reply 20 of 30, by ZellSF
kolderman wrote on 2020-06-08, 06:39:Because suing people who have no money is a waste of time...and money (unless you are after something else like a takedown).
The RIAA once sued a dead grandma.
Suing for copyright is often about making examples out of people, not getting money.
kolderman wrote on 2020-06-08, 06:39:And any ruling cannot take into account future donations
Citation needed.
The Serpent Rider wrote on 2020-06-08, 07:39:That's related to books only though. At worst, they'll remove book archive completely, but most of us probably are more concerned about obscure software and site copies. Then again, they could use experience from manga sites and move servers where west oriented publisher can't do anything.
Removing the book archive won't pay for the damages done.
So no that's not the worst case scenario. The worst case scenario is that they end up having to pay a lot of damages and/or prison time.