- cross-posted to:
- technology@piefed.social
- technology@lemmy.ml
- piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- cross-posted to:
- technology@piefed.social
- technology@lemmy.ml
- piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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.
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
They didn’t even respond to the charges, which are unenforceable.
“Charges” don’t get “enforced”. I’m not sure what you’re trying to say.