Correction: Open Road Not Liable for Millions in Damages

In an earlier version of our story on HarperCollins' victory in its copyright infringement suit against Open Road, we mistakenly put the damages as applying per copy, rather per work infringed. In fact, there is a single infringement infringement in this case, not multiple infringements per copy sold. Thus, damages could not run into the millions. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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