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Sorry, I didn't mean it to come across as an attack (writing from phone, so I was a bit too brief)
My point is that folks giving advice of "it's not worth it" because of the attorney's fees involved (imo, it tells) haven't given full / proper credence to the way that the DMCA is structured. Attorney's can & will (varies by attorney, varies by case) work on contingency when their fees are built into the award, above and beyond the violation award ... as is the case with certain criteria in the DMCA.
Telling people to "give up" before they even start ... well, it just doesn't sound much like really trying to help your fellow FM'ers. The decisions / merits of a given case will of course be between the attorney and the client, and without divulging (privacy) details regarding multiple cases of FM'ers ... I absolutely KNOW of awards that have been provided for folks that I have encouraged while others were saying "it's not worth it" and "you'll have to have pay for it up front, etc." ... "it's better to just give up" or "what's a guy to do" or "that's just the way it is".
Simply put ... no effort will get you no result. Rather than educating our fellow FM'ers on how to actually achieve results, too many folks jump on the bandwagon of "it's not worth it" when they don't even know the difference in the Chapters of DMCA themselves.
Again, apologies for coming across hyper-critical my bad. You just caught me in a moment of I get tired of folks telling our fellow FM'ers ... in essence, "don't try" ... when the DMCA has been provided to our benefit. I know you are on the "good guys" side of things. We just have to learn how to better use it, and I believe that this will only occur through encouragement to learn / proceed / where to find help vs. telling folks "not worth it".
Granted, everyone will have to come to their own determination regarding what is / isn't worth it for them (variety of factors) ... but I don't believe that we can make that determination for them. Rather we could / would / should arm them with the assistance that we can provide so that they have a chance to prevail ... vs. put your tail between your legs and suck it up because "it's not worth it".
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