[Aulirophile]

Originally Posted by sarinrathe

You have to factor in supply / demand though. When you talk about monetary value, it only worth as much as people are willing to pay. Sure, that's your estimate at "current exchange rate" which is directly tied to the supply and demand. That being said, its dubious you could ever get $50-60K by dumping your inventory on eBay.

No, not it's not. I was selling on eBay for the last month. I was getting $20 per 100k or more. I made several thousand dollars at that price, so very little speculation about it.

Originally Posted by Saediien

If you want to file a lawsuit, you need a lawyer. If you can't afford to pay one by the hour ($200/hour would be standard for a decent sophisticated commercial litigator), maybe someone would take the case on a contingent fee. That sounds like a bad idea to me, because your damages are pretty limited as well as speculative and there would be a lot of heavy lifting to litigate your case in the first place. Also, who would you sue and how would you collect the judgment if you win?

If you can't hire a lawyer, maybe some public interest firm would be interested in you as a test case. That's unlikely. However, maybe you could try talking to the Electronic Frontier Foundation etc. etc. and places like it to see if they are interested.

I don't see why I need a lawyer, plenty of people file lawsuits without one. Robert Hughes, for instance. Prefers to go by "Van." Friend of my Mom. It'd be an interesting legal education to do it myself.

I'd sue the admins of the site, of course. They are preventing me from accessing things that I have a monetary right to.

I'll look up the Frontier Foundation. Thank you for the tip.