Anna's Archive Loses $322 Million Spotify Piracy Case Without a Fight * TorrentFreak
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Spotify and several major record labels have secured a $322 million default judgment against the unknown operators of Anna's Archive.

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.

  • dasrael@lemmy.zipEnglish
    9·
    4 hours ago

    Lawyers be making money filing lawsuits against ghosts. Happy hunting boys.

  • LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    9·
    5 hours ago

    Is this a reverse play? Does that ruling leave open the door to similar rulings against llms? Why did they offer no contest at all?

  • eleefece@lemmy.worldEnglish
    55·
    11 hours ago

    So, this sentence says it’s actually illegal to download copyrighted material through shadow libraries, I get it and now I wonder what could this mean for Meta’s AI case?

  • peacefulpixel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    284·
    12 hours ago

    they did this publicly. they attached their names to it. pretty much everyone was saying that it was a horrible idea to do so. they did it knowing it wouldn’t only effect them but also piracy as a whole. i’m angry at them for being fucking idiots sure but like genuinely this could be a massive problem for all of us. thanks Anna’s Archive, you really showed them /s

    • FauxLiving@lemmy.worldEnglish
      211·
      12 hours ago

      i’m angry at them for being fucking idiots sure but like genuinely this could be a massive problem for all of us.

  • shirasho@feddit.onlineEnglish
    42·
    14 hours ago

    The US music industry has always been bullshit, going all the way back to record labels. I would feel bad for the artists, but I don’t give two shits about the distributor who acts like they own the music and feels entitled to all monetary rewards for someone else’s work.

  • ji88aja88a@lemmy.worldEnglish
    951·
    18 hours ago

    does this set precedence for online platforms to sue AI platforms for all the data collection? /s

  • DosDude@retrolemmy.comEnglish
    246·
    20 hours ago

    We sued people. Well, I think. Since the people are unknown. They didn’t show up, so we won. Now unknown people need to pay whatever we say they should pay.

    Great job, let’s pat ourselves on the back. We fought the man and won.

  • Samsy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    721·
    18 hours ago

    So uhm, what’s the new name? Asking for a friend.

  • From_D4rkness@lemmy.worldEnglish
    179·
    21 hours ago

    AI still out here taking everything. Only the corporations can steal. Maybe they didn’t like that it was then given to people for free, instead sold again.

    • testaccount372920@piefed.zipEnglish
      85·
      20 hours ago

      To go even further, Anna’s Archive has a section for LLM training that the big ones use. Apparrently it’s okay if they use data that has been ruled to be illegal.

    • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
      26·
      20 hours ago

      Maybe they didn’t like that it was then given to people for free

      Yeah, I mean, it’s mostly that.

  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
    1211·
    20 hours ago

    In addition to the damages award, Rakoff entered a permanent worldwide injunction covering ten Anna’s Archive domains

    Bahaha, Fuck Off. The world doesn’t recognize your authority.

    • GamingChairModel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      45·
      16 hours ago

      briefly released millions of tracks that were scraped from Spotify via BitTorrent.

      That’s just an awkward sentence construction but it makes sense: they released track via Bittorrent. The tracks were scraped from Spotify.

      I sold my car that was purchased from a dealership via private party sale.

      I charged my laptop that normally accepts 100W via a 20W phone charger.

      I would’ve used a “which” phrase with commas to avoid the confusion, but the sentence as written is valid and makes sense.

    • ilinamorato@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      10 hours ago

      Actually, for a while Spotify did use the BitTorrent protocol for content delivery. So this isn’t too far-fetched.