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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Harry" data-source="post: 1564199" data-attributes="member: 5468">I would not say the &quot;percetion&quot; of equal protection, because while an individual or smaller corporation is less likely to have the resources to actively defend their copyright in the sense of instituting lawsuits, there is no legal difference between the two copyrights in theory or in court if the infringed party pursues a complaint or risks a lawsuit.&nbsp; In other words, any flaw has to do with the fact that rich people have it easier, *not* with the law itself.&nbsp; Without going into political proposals on what should be changed (cue up Aerosmith's &quot;Eat the Rich&quot;), the best non-political way to make all copyrights be created equal is to rigorously and actively defend copyright; this would have the result of triggering action on the sites distributing illegal copies of works of small companies, which would dry up the sites where people are downloading game products.&nbsp;&nbsp; Before we spend a great deal of energy on this, and before we trigger posts of &quot;since copyright laws aren't perfect I have the right to break them when it is convenient for me&quot;, does anyone have any actual examples of smaller companies/individuals getting shafted by having their copyright encrouched upon?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dr. Harry, post: 1564199, member: 5468"] I would not say the "percetion" of equal protection, because while an individual or smaller corporation is less likely to have the resources to actively defend their copyright in the sense of instituting lawsuits, there is no legal difference between the two copyrights in theory or in court if the infringed party pursues a complaint or risks a lawsuit. In other words, any flaw has to do with the fact that rich people have it easier, *not* with the law itself. Without going into political proposals on what should be changed (cue up Aerosmith's "Eat the Rich"), the best non-political way to make all copyrights be created equal is to rigorously and actively defend copyright; this would have the result of triggering action on the sites distributing illegal copies of works of small companies, which would dry up the sites where people are downloading game products. Before we spend a great deal of energy on this, and before we trigger posts of "since copyright laws aren't perfect I have the right to break them when it is convenient for me", does anyone have any actual examples of smaller companies/individuals getting shafted by having their copyright encrouched upon? [/QUOTE]

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