https://torrentfreak.com/annas-archive-loses-322-million-spotify-piracy-case-without-a-fight
Article
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US court awarded Spotify $322M default judgment against Anna’s Archive
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AA’s operators remain anonymous and didn’t appear; judgment likely uncollectable
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Court issued permanent worldwide injunction; AA continues rotating domains
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$300M stems from DRM circumvention, only $22M from actual copyright infringement
Discussion
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Universal consensus: judgment is symbolic, AA will never pay and will keep operating
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Irony noted: Spotify itself launched using pirated MP3 files in beta
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Commenters building self-hosted Navidrome setups as practical alternative to streaming
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AA’s Spotify music metadata release discussed as separate ongoing saga with no public update
Discuss on HN
