Anna’s Archive Lawsuit May Enter Default Judgement
The pirate group has failed to respond to the suit alleging it scraped 86 millions songs from Spotify
Anna’s Archive, the search engine that allows for the anonymous storing of data, has not responded to the $13 trillion lawsuit from Spotify, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music Entertainment. This opens the door for the suit to be settled in default judgment.
How it works:
Default judgment can allow judges to order the defendant to pay damages without a trial.
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York confirmed Anna’s Archive had not responded by February 2.
The lack of response has been formalized via the following certificate.
Background:
Anna’s Archive also failed to appear at a hearing on January 20.
This led to a judge issuing an injunction preventing the site from distributing copyrighted material.
The lawsuit alleges that the songs Anna’s Archive scraped from Spotify represent “99.6%” of listens on the streaming giant.
Anna’s Archive claimed it would make the tracks available on BitTorrent.
Anna’s Archive, the search engine that allows for the anonymous storing of data, has not responded to the $13 trillion lawsuit from Spotify, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music Entertainment. This opens the door for the suit to be settled in default judgment.
How it works:
Default judgment can allow judges to order the defendant to pay damages without a trial.
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York confirmed Anna’s Archive had not responded by February 2.
The lack of response has been formalized via the following certificate.
Background:
Anna’s Archive also failed to appear at a hearing on January 20.
This led to a judge issuing an injunction preventing the site from distributing copyrighted material.
The lawsuit alleges that the songs Anna’s Archive scraped from Spotify represent “99.6%” of listens on the streaming giant.
Anna’s Archive claimed it would make the tracks available on BitTorrent.
Anna’s Archive, the search engine that allows for the anonymous storing of data, has not responded to the $13 trillion lawsuit from Spotify, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music Entertainment. This opens the door for the suit to be settled in default judgment.
How it works:
Default judgment can allow judges to order the defendant to pay damages without a trial.
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York confirmed Anna’s Archive had not responded by February 2.
The lack of response has been formalized via the following certificate.
Background:
Anna’s Archive also failed to appear at a hearing on January 20.
This led to a judge issuing an injunction preventing the site from distributing copyrighted material.
The lawsuit alleges that the songs Anna’s Archive scraped from Spotify represent “99.6%” of listens on the streaming giant.
Anna’s Archive claimed it would make the tracks available on BitTorrent.
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This article was written with information sourced from Music Business Worldwide.
We covered it because the Anna’s Archive lawsuit involves major music industry players.
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