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Appeal judges seemed divided on whether Oracle should get its $1.3bn jury verdict against SAP over TomorrowNow reinstated or the firm should be happy with the roughly $300m the verdict was reduced to. Oracle was given the billion-dollar handout by a jury in 2010 over allegations that SAP’s subsidiary, TomorrowNow, had …

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  1. Missing Semicolon Silver badge
    Devil

    So if SAP are not due the hypothetical cost of each lost license

    ... why would I have to pay the music collection agencies the retail cost of each shared music track?

    1. Roger Greenwood

      Re: So if SAP are not due the hypothetical cost of each lost license

      Because you and me are saps.

    2. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: So if SAP are not due the hypothetical cost of each lost license

      Why would they have to pay the revenue anyway - surely they should pay just any lost profits?.

  2. Schultz

    Steal customers ...

    next thing you know, they try that newfangled 'capitalism' thing.

  3. Destroy All Monsters Silver badge
    Trollface

    "It's hypothetical revenue information, which is not the same," she pointed out.

    It's 2014. Get with the times, lady. Hypothetical stock revenue, hypothetical tax revenue, hypothetical potential GDP, hypothetical pension payouts and wars which practically pay for themselves... THIS IS SUPERLAND! WE ARE LIVING IT!

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