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-up1207arrow-down11
arrow-up1206arrow-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-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-squareRailcar8095@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day 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-squareNikelui@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoAnd they pay how much to the artists per work?
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?