▲ 356 ▼ Spotify and Major Music Labels Sue Anna’s Archive for $13 Trillion (hackread.com) submitted 7 months ago by slothrop@lemmy.ca to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 97 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] etherphon@midwest.social 46 points 7 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RainbowBlite@piefed.ca 22 points 7 months ago (1 child) According to the article, $150,000 is the maximum damages allowed per track. So $150,000/track * 86,000,000 tracks is around $13 Trillion. So they are asking for the maximum that the law allows. They could ask for infinity billion dollars for all it matters; you can't get blood from a stone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] etherphon@midwest.social 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RainbowBlite@piefed.ca 22 points 7 months ago (1 child) According to the article, $150,000 is the maximum damages allowed per track. So $150,000/track * 86,000,000 tracks is around $13 Trillion. So they are asking for the maximum that the law allows. They could ask for infinity billion dollars for all it matters; you can't get blood from a stone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] etherphon@midwest.social 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] etherphon@midwest.social 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent