The firm has no intention of litigating these claims, the lawsuit says, because lawyers know that would be a money-losing proposition.

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This can turn into a money-losing proposition, though.

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Take that out of the equation and app-based publishing, like print publishing, is a cost-heavy, money-losing proposition.

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