schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to DeclineIntoCensorship@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agoSpotify 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.comexternal-linkmessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1204arrow-down11
arrow-up1203arrow-down1external-linkSpotify 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.comschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to DeclineIntoCensorship@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square45linkfedilink
minus-squareRailcar8095linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·2 days agoSo, those 4 companies argue that without Anna’s archive they would be the to 4 largest companies in the world?
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoThey multiplied the “statutory damages” per work times the number of works alleged to have been infringed. The statutory maximum is $150,000 per work.
minus-squareRailcar8095linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 hours agoThat’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
minus-squareNikeluilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 hours agoAnd they pay how much to the artists per work?
So, those 4 companies argue that without Anna’s archive they would be the to 4 largest companies in the world?
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.
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
And they pay how much to the artists per work?