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   Anonymous Coward, Jul 11th, 2003 @ 4:51pm

   
   

   Toys R Us will get the bill since they have the money. This is the result of our current lottery - uh, I mean legal - system. More likely Toys will settle out of court to avoid getting in front of a bunch of screened jurors who hate or are paranoid of "big corporations" (there are archived postings on this web site from such people - see RFID postings for a few examples)
   
   Companies will just have to add this legal/cost/worker training/time expense to their cost of overhead and pass it on to the consumer. Also expect "bans" being posted on retail establishments for cameras, as is being done for factories. Not really an issue for Walmart, Toys R Us, etc., but another drag on small and many medium sizes companies and landlords.
   

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   You missed the point!

   

   Ron, Jul 11th, 2003 @ 5:35pm

   
   

   The point is someone, somehow, somewhere for whatever reason that seems to be of interest to someone for some reason, anywhere is to sue someone for something, somewhere for some reason.
   
   A hidden camera is good enough reason.
   
   Wonder who'd of sued whom had the camera been found in the men's room...

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   Simpler Solution

   

   Anonymous Coward, Jul 11th, 2003 @ 11:05pm

   
   

   Toys R Us will put the bathroom behind lock and key from now on.
   

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   Defense tactics

   

   Anonymous Coward, Jul 11th, 2003 @ 11:12pm

   
   

   With these kind of lawsuits, one tactic is to embarass the defendant to death, until they give up. Does she have a malformed labia? Was she having her period? Does she have one urethra or two? How many pieces of excrement did she excrete before realizing the camera was there?
   

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   Re: Simpler Solution

   

   VonSkippy, Jul 12th, 2003 @ 6:43pm

   
   

   Better yet, just put all the bathrooms in the middle of the store surrounded by glass. That way there is no expectation of privacy. People are too prudish anyways.

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   I dunno

   

   Joe Scmoe, Jul 13th, 2003 @ 12:00am

   
   

   I, at this day and age, would almost tend to believe this incident was faked anyway. Get a cam, stick it in a bathroom, & start yelling "ooo! ooo! camera!"

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   localman, Jul 14th, 2003 @ 1:14am

   
   

   People have every right to be scared of big corporations - they exist solely for profit and will screw the consumer in every way possible given the chance. Combine this with a legal system that is almost always on the side of the rich and powerful and you have a recipe for justufued hatred and fear

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   kai, Jul 14th, 2003 @ 5:29am

   
   

   according to google's ads, the first thing you should do after reading this add is buy an x-10 camera and install it in your bathroom. ;)

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