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Wouldn't it be $5k * number of images scraped? Illinois has 12.7 million residents. If only 6 million images were scraped, that would be $30B.

Yes indeed. Sorry I wasn’t clear, I meant from an individual’s perspective. $5K isn’t much, but yes the total sum would give some satisfaction.

That's generally how class action law suits play out.

Those darn COPA violations...