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Originally Posted by guccilvr
You are sadly mistaken. You can hope that a corporation can't sue you for something.. but big business can do whatever the fuck they want. These expenses have nothing to do with future revenues.. it has to do with the fact that the actions of a certain group of people caused an expense to a company that was otherwise non-existant.
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No, corporations can't do 'whatever they want'. They can try, but it doesn't mean they're going to be successful. Expenses are, once again, occurred as a result of normal business operations. You can't sue someone for a cost associated with running your business. That wouldn't make sense. You can say that they 'cost' the business $40K, but I can tell you for a fact that they didn't. Such figures are typically just estimates and are rarely ever accurate.
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If I cause you to wreck your car and injure yourself, I'm liable for the damages and lost wages because of my actions.. just as these fucks actions caused expenses that would not have otherwise been incurred.
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You can sue for 'lost wages', but you won't get it 99/100 simply for the reasons I stated above (This I know, for my mom's a claims adjuster and deals with this kind of stuff every day). You didn't earn your paycheck for the day because you didn't work. It's really simple.
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It doesn't matter if it's a protest or not. It doesn't matter if it was piracy or not. The fact remains that these people caused an inconvience to the corporation that resulted in a loss and it can be taken to court.
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Erm... Duh. That's what a protest is designed to do. Do you think MLK Jr's sit-ins didn't cause a loss of revenue to the companies involved? You think they weren't inconvenient? That's the point of a protest.
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Even if a court decided they couldn't sue for the expenses of being held in port, they will be able to sue for physical damages.
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For trespassing and vandalism? Sure. For piracy and unearned revenues? Not a chance in hell.
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The fact remains that if these people wanted to be "peacefull" about protesting, they could have simply rode along beside the ship with loud speakers etc protesting and proclaiming their message.. they didn't need to put people in danger and cause vandalism.
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Then they should be liable for the vandalism and trespassing. Nothing else. From what I read, the only lives they endangered were their own.