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> The Wire guys made very specific claims (where did they get the >$2M figure from ... and why would they simply invent such a figure).

Their court filing[0] says the license fee was "unspecified" and the $2 million figure was based on "information and belief" which is legal terminology used to dodge perjury[1]. If they had really been told that, they wouldn't be using terms that mean "I heard that from somewhere second-hand and think it might be true".

[0] https://www.scribd.com/doc/311974670/Wire-Swiss-GmbH-v-Quiet...

[1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/information_and_belief



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