Traditionally, "one who, with knowledge of the infringing activity, induces, causes or materially contributes to the infringing conduct of another, may be held liable as a 'contributory' infringer".
At sentencing, the judge called McCormick's trade "a callous confidence trick" that "in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent individuals".
These alterations and failures materially contributed to the collision that killed Walker and driver Roger Rodas, and the actor was well aware of the risks when getting into the car, the manufacturer says in a seven page filing.
The figures follow the Begley inquest verdict on Monday that the use of a Taser materially contributed to his death, when he was hit with "distraction strikes" from a stun gun while being restrained and handcuffed.
"By the time the Napster system was shut down, Bertelsmann had materially contributed to, aided and facilitated millions upon millions of separate acts of infringement by millions of Napster users," the lawsuit says.
It is well settled that "one who, with knowledge of the infringing activity, induces, causes or materially contributes to the infringing activity of another, may be held liable as a 'contributory' infringer". Gershwin Publishing Corp.
In 2007 a parliamentary select committee said that the act had materially contributed to recent tensions between the executive and the judiciary: "Senior judges are now required to police constitutional boundaries and determine sensitive human rights issues in a way which would have been unthinkable 40 years ago".
While the initial Taser shock did not cause Begley's heart to stop, the jury concluded that the use of the Taser and the restraint "more than materially contributed" to a package of stressful factors leading to his fatal cardiac arrest, the inquest at Manchester civil courts of justice heard on Monday.
The judge told McCormick as he sat impassive in the dock: "Your fraudulent conduct in selling so many useless devices for simply enormous profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent individuals".
Consequently, the authors found, the average American worker was burning almost 150 fewer calories daily at work than his or her employed parents had, a change that had materially contributed to the rise in obesity during the same time frame, especially among men, the authors concluded.
