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by cortesoft 4091 days ago
$200 might be reasonable if two things were true:

1) There was no legal expense 2) He catches at least 50% of the violators

In that case, he would at least make as much as if there were no violators. However, he has legal costs, and probably only catches a fraction of the violators.

So the equation should be something close to:

(Price charged for violation - legal fees) * % chance of being caught = Original price of image