On: Twitch Sues Troll Streamers over Violent Videos, Pornography

[olliej]

if nothing else: legal fees. If a streamer violates the ToS, and hides their identity then serving them a restraining order can cost quite a lot.

I’m sure there are other things - eg punitive damages exist for the purpose of ensuring that the cost of violation is more than just the direct harn

[lilyball → olliej]

Also the videos were presumably damaging to the Twitch brand for anyone who saw them, which translates into lost revenue for Twitch.

[olliej → lilyball]

I just figured that that was a pointless argument (people on HN seem to dismiss the concept of brand image and how that might have value), but you are of course correct - legal costs however are very directly enumerable