LimeWire Sued For More Money Than Exists In the World →
Not The Onion:
It’s no secret that LimeWire was once a hotbed of peer-to-peer music piracy, but the RIAA has now attempted to sue it for $72 trillion - more money than exists in the world today.
LimeWire was shut down in October 2010, but litigation continues from music bodies around the world, including Merlin which represents independent labels.
LTMC: Rob Reid gave an excellent TED talk awhile back demonstrating just how silly the RIAA’s damages calculations in piracy lawsuits are. One wonders how many more of these ridiculous lawsuits need to be brought before somebody in Congress decides to end this silly charade of rent-seeking by the RIAA and reform the DMCA damages provisions.
