Rivalarrival comments on Spotify and the three main major record labels sue Anna's Archive for $13trillion for "brazen theft of millions of files containing nearly all of the world’s commercial sound recordings"

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 11 points 9 months ago (1 child)

There are statutory damages of $750 to $30,000 per work assigned to copyright infringement. Under certain circumstances, the courts may lower this amount to $200 per work, or increase it to $150,000.

Plaintiffs multiplied the number of works Anna's Archive has claimed to have acquired times $150,000 to come up with their number.

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[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

I see, that makes a bit more sense. I guess it's kind of the same as asking the highest price you think you can get when putting something up for auction? Cause I refuse to believe there is anyone who thinks that 10% of global GDP is a realistic figure lmao

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