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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" (www.nme.com)

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[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago

They multiplied the "statutory damages" per work times the number of works alleged to have been infringed. The statutory maximum is $150,000 per work.

[-] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

That's a compelling argument, but my version is funnier.

I'm illiterate in US copyright law, so nobody take my comment as anything else than a joke

[-] Nikelui@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

And they pay how much to the artists per work?

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