• etherphon@midwest.social
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    16 hours ago

    Lol, who’d they consult on that number, Joe Rogan? Fuck Spotify, another leech company getting rich off the talent of others.

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      10 hours ago

      According to the article, $150,000 is the maximum damages allowed per track. So $150,000/track * 86,000,000 tracks is around $13 Trillion. So they are asking for the maximum that the law allows.

      They could ask for infinity billion dollars for all it matters; you can’t get blood from a stone.

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        8 hours ago

        Ah, it’s just such a wild number, I’m sure it’s meant as a scare tactic but it’s really more of an ‘sure ok buddy’.