I love it when they declare fantasy judgements that are never going to be paid.
this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2026
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I wonder if that money goes on the company's balance sheets before it's paid.
Why not make it an even $400 million?
Ahhhh, Napster/Kazaa and Metallica vibes all over again.
Am i just dumb for not finding the torrents ? Ive been looking around and cant find them !
The real judgement was to force the domain registrars to comply since they have something they can take. The archive can just move to new domains.
So uh, do they have a list of domains that should be blocked then? One that we can check out to... uh... ensure our kids aren't going there and stuff.
I recently cancelled my Spotify subscription and just downloaded all my music. It's a bit of initial effort, but the experience is so much better.
I wonder how far will people need to be pushed before price and restrictions outweigh convenience.
Yep same here, used an extension to read my Spotify library and turn them into youtube .mp3's, then went in and redownloaded any that got messed up or were live versions not the album song, and now I just add songs using NewPipe as they come up!
I've given them 2.5k
Loses
Where exactly have they lost a game that hasnt even ended?
No. They aren't letting animals loose. They lost their court case.
Weird way to correct way to make me aware of a grammatical error but appreciated either way
Why? Is there anything good in there?
Yeah I'm sure that will keep it offline.
It says the operators are unknown, but also failed to appear in court. If they don't even know who the operators are, how would they supoena them to come to court in the first place? 🤨
They declare them a "john doe" defendant
In other news. Alans-Archive.se has just released all of Spotify's music catalogue.
That was quick. This took a few months, while artists have been dealing with AI stealing their work for years now.
Always remember that, in the eyes of the law, the real crime is being poor.
Lawyers be making money filing lawsuits against ghosts. Happy hunting boys.
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?
They don't care and will continue to do it.
Same
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?
Why did they offer no contest at all?
Likely because contesting it would require doxxing themselves. The site’s admins survive on anonymity. And you can’t exactly be anonymous in court filings.
There's also nothing saying they are even in the US. Or at this point even human
I hope every music industry executive gets run over by a Mack Truck.
Nah, thats too quick
Going in reverse up a hill with a full load
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.
We fought the man and won.
I think Anna is a woman's name. /s
Be quiet about that, if they hear it'll reduce their list of suspects by half!
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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.
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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.
does this set precedence for online platforms to sue AI platforms for all the data collection? /s
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.
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So uhm, what's the new name? Asking for a friend.
you can check these mirror lists for alternatives when the current domains go down https://shadowlibraries.github.io/ https://open-slum.org/
They used a neat trick and just spelled the first name backwards! annA instead of Anna!
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