News Group Newspapers is strongly contesting the action, which includes an unprecedented claim in a privacy case for exemplary or punitive damages as well as compensatory damages.

报业集团对此次事件展开了激烈的争论。这是涉及个人隐私权问题而请求天价惩罚性或惩戒性损害赔偿以及补偿性损害赔偿的前所未有的诉讼。

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If the behavior of someone who commits a tort is outrageous, that person can be made to pay punitive damages (also called "exemplary damages").

如果行为人的民事侵权超过一定的限度，这个人就可能被判处惩罚性赔偿(也被叫作“惩戒性赔偿”)。

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Among those named in the claim, which seeks unspecified exemplary and punitive damages, are the group's Simon Le Bon and Nick Rhodes, Microsoft and SFX Entertainment.

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