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Message: <blockquote data-quote="evilref" data-source="post: 4403880" data-attributes="member: 73517">Incorrect. In the US (it differs in other countries) the statute of limitations runs for 3 years from the last breach. The only difference that comes in is that some courts differ on whether you can extend the case back to the first breach if it's outside the three years or not.And yes, that means if there was any change to OSRIC (for example), a new version, an amendment that saw it republished in any fixed medium (even on the net) then that could count (note, I have no idea whether it is in breach or not, I'm just speaking to the technical aspects of the law).Also, on your point that you can't bring a suit without financial damages, that's also untrue. In the United States, you can only claim monetary losses for a work that isn't registered with the US Copyright office. If the work is registered then breaches are liable for statutory damages as well as any actual financial losses (as well of course as ordering the cessation of distribution of the offending works). Damages range from around 500 to something between 20-40k (I forget which and I should remember as I was involved in a case a few years where we were awarded the top end. I believe there's also a provision for a 150k damage per breach if the breach is deemed to have been willful.</blockquote>