TFA says that the statutory limit for damages for non-commercial infringement is $5000
Per infringement. How many different people did you upload that bittorrent to? 1,700? Um... uh oh.
Wrong. It's $5000 for all infringement up to the point the lawsuit is filed. At the very least, there won't be any Canadian Joel Tenenbaums. It will be far less worthwhile to actually pursue these cases here.
I'm 1980226
You're not a number, you're a free man!
Yes, but who is number 1?
Union shops tend tries to make sure no one does anyone elses job. You request and get approved for a whiteboard. The board is shipped to you. If you hang it yourself your are in trouble, you will need to wait an other week to get a Unioned employee to take 5 minutes to hang it for you.
Here in Toronto, you just described the TTC. I have a younger brother and a friend of my father-in-law in there who both said the same thing.
To do nothing is to be nothing.