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I don't feel like an invulnerable superman, I just know Gannett. If they felt they could make money sueing FR they'd do it. They aren't, that means they don't think they'd win. I'll believe Gannett's lawyers over you, no offense but they've got a proven track record.

But DTV waited a number of years before it started on lawsuits. It had no better legal basis by waiting except it could go after Canadians a little better. However, the servers just fled to the Caribbean or Europe or Asia. Didn't help anyway. But the waiting did increase the size of the final haul. In cases like this, you make more money by letting more people expose themselves to the liability.

I'm not sure if you understand how this works. It's a lawyer-assisted con game. You just don't think like a lawyer who is after millions.

RIAA and DTV provide a strong track record for big corporations and their lawyer partners to pursue the kind of legal strategy I'm outlining here. You're basically saying that if they haven't sued us yet, they never can. I think that's too optimistic. To say the least.

Gannett isn't like that. Gannett considers lawsuits to be a recurring revenue stream. They love to sue people, but they're also very good at determining if they should ("if they should" being lawyerspeak for "if they'll win").

I understand how it works quite well, if Gannett is suing us we're in good shape, AP UPI and Reuters I don't know, but I've live in a Gannett town for 20 years. I know them, they don't dilly dally, they sue hard and fast.