And another point. I also want to deter companies from frivolous law suits. If b...

fauigerzigerk on June 19, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Woman illegally downloads 24 songs, fined to tune ...

And another point. I also want to deter companies from frivolous law suits. If big corp sues a small startup for patent infringement and that startup's existence is on the line, I want to be the suitor's existence to be on the line as well. Equals risks, that's what civil law suits require, otherwise it's a market and not justice.

netsp on June 20, 2009 [–]

That's a good point. But defining equality your way (relatively) also creates problems.