Deliberate and repeated trespass by an animal rights organisation upon commercial premises to install covert surveillance equipment warrants substantial exemplary damages ($100,000) for specific and general deterrence, but injunctive relief to restrain publication of footage obtained by trespass is unavailable where the trespass is complete and damages are an adequate remedy, and no constructive trust over copyright in such footage will be recognised at first instance absent established authority.
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