This is why awards need to be based on % of total assets or revenue of the defendant. If little guy beats the big guy defendant, little guy should walk away with millions or billions. If big guy wins against the little guy defendant, it's just hundreds or thousands. It makes relatively poor individuals who can't afford a team of effective lawyers lawsuit proof, while making those who can wage effective lawfare juicy targets if they so much as fudge the line with the outside of their shoes!

I'm not I understand why you're asking me whether I think the phenomenon of intellectual property laws being enforced in a way that unfairly benefits the wealthy exists. Of course I do, that's why I brought it up in the first place. That doesn't mean it's defensible though.

The lawyers from evilCorps are on a first-name basis with the key lawyers from the copyright lobby, because their fates are fully intertwined