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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 4972104" data-attributes="member: 307">This was a response to my point that making a pirate simply pay the retail value of the work they infringed probably isn't much of a deterrent as it would make it economically viable to pirate (because then the expected cost of the work is the retail value of the product less the expected chance of being sued), hence the need for statutory damages that serve a punitive function. It was posited in response that the retail value of the infringed work plus the fact that the defedant had to pay a lawyer to defend themselves was sufficient to serve as a deterrent. I was pointing out that some people will forego a lawyer, which makes this argument a little less than persuasive.Potentially, yes.</blockquote>