Mashable: After winning a ruling against peer-to-peer file-sharing service LimeWire last month, the recording industry has told a federal judge it aims to recoup “over a billion dollars” from the defendant as well.
This wasn't on my 2022 Bingo card.
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Cnet: With a frown on his face and holding his head in his hand, LimeWire founder Mark Gorton appeared depressed last May as he sat in a New York courtroom.
o.o wow that is a lot. Limewire has been out for a while. I think they racked up more than a billion... but it should show them that there is no more money in music biz... Maybe famous people shouldn't get paid that much money. It is after all the consumers money and attention that makes them their fortune.