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LimeWire Sued For More Money Than Exists In The World
- ColinWright 14y agoHere's the discussion from a few days ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4022508 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4022508 In short, and quoting from the comments there: * it was pretty obviously going to be dismissed, * it exposes the nonsense maths that is being used in these situations. * this story is old, and the case was settled for substantially less than all the money in the world: * went on until on May 13, 2011, when Gorton agreed to pay the 13 record companies $105 million in an out-of-court settlement. " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LimeWire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LimeWire Other stories: * http://www.geekosystem.com/limewire-sued-75-trillion/ http://www.geekosystem.com/limewire-sued-75-trillion/ * http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202486102650&Manhattan_Federal_Judge_Kimba_Wood_Calls_Record_Companies_Request_for__Trillion_in_Damages_Absurd_in_Lime_Wire_Copyright_Case http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202486102650&... This is nothing new, nor does the article add much insight