Spotify and several major record labels, including UMG, Sony, and Warner, secured a $322 million default judgment against the unknown operators of Anna's Archive. The shadow library failed to appear in court and briefly released millions of tracks that were scraped from Spotify via BitTorrent. In addition to the monetary penalty, a permanent injunction required domain registrars and other parties to suspend the site's domain names.

Anna’s Archive did not show up in court, and the operators of the site remain unidentified. The judgment attempts to address this directly, by ordering Anna’s Archive to file a compliance report within ten business days, under penalty of perjury, that includes valid contact information for the site and its managing agents.

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[–] 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

so basically theyre ghosting the court, i wonder for how long can they remain unidentified

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    [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    In addition to the monetary penalty, a permanent injunction required domain registrars and other parties to suspend the site’s domain names.

    Has there been any discussion to host official .onion / I2P / etc. addresses to avoid domains? I couldn't find any in the FAQ.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Fuck these companies and the stupid dumbasses that keep giving them money.

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  • [–] -5 points 6 months ago

    permanent worldwide injunction

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