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nomen agentis
nomen agentis
20:36
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A: Can a person be sued retroactively for copyright infringement?

Dale MIf you commit a robbery but then return the money, can you be prosecuted? Yes. Similarly, if you breach copyright and then stop, can you be prosecuted? Yes, however, you will probably not be because: Your offence may not have been noticed by the copyright holder, and/or The damages they woul...

Seems like the only purpose of the first three sentences is to be condescending
As if the question author should have known that the two situations are analogous
I think this version is much more polite
 
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jimsug
jimsug
22:20
I read it as giving an analogous situation because Dale didn't assume the author would know it.
nomen agentis
nomen agentis
22:33
Okay thanks. For some reason, Dale's answers often seem snarky to me. I'll ignore it.
jimsug
jimsug
23:05
I think they are, sometimes.
Ixrec
Ixrec
23:16
so, over on Biology.SE there's this fairly detailed answer about certain legal issues, and the question has since been edited to largely remove the legal part in favor of the biology part, which makes sense but invalidates the answer; I wanted to ask you guys if it would make any sense to post the legal aspect of the question here and then move the answer
nomen agentis
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Daubert standard
The Daubert standard provides a rule of evidence regarding the admissibility of expert witnesses' testimony during United States federal legal proceedings. Pursuant to this standard, a party may raise a Daubert motion, which is a special case of motion in limine raised before or during trial to exclude the presentation of unqualified evidence to the jury. The Daubert trilogy refers to the three United States Supreme Court cases that articulated the Daubert standard: Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, which held in 1993 that Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence did not incorporate the...

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