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.

  • peacefulpixel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    294·
    14 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

    • Cataphract@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      1 hour ago

      I’m confused by your comment and several people have upvoted it so I guess I need to ask what you’re talking about. I started quoting but it’s just reposting your comment basically. Do you think Anna is the perp they’re suing? Are you saying it’s public because it’s a website and not a torrent or such? (there are like…tons of websites for streaming and downloading pirated stuff…)

      How is this a massive problem for all of us? How is this different from any other website posting pirated stuff and getting taken down/legal action against them over the past like… 2 decades? Rereading the article didn’t make anything clearer, I’m genuinely just confused on what you’re saying.

      • Anon518@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        3 hours ago

        Requiring domain registrars and other parties to suspend the site’s domain names is unenforceable?

        • Cataphract@lemmy.mlEnglish
          3·
          2 hours ago

          literally in the article

          At the same time, however, it is not guaranteed that the site’s domain names will be suspended.

          As reported previously, several domain names, including the Greenland-based .gl version, are linked to registries and registrars outside the jurisdiction of the U.S. court. As such, they previously did not comply to the preliminary injunction, and it is unknown whether the latest order changes that.

    • FauxLiving@lemmy.worldEnglish
      211·
      14 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.