[surround]

Anna's Archive announced they intended to infringe on the label's copyrights by distributing their music without a license. The law allows the court "to prevent or restrain infringement of a copyright" (emphasis mine).

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/502#:~:text=Any%2...

[kassner]

Spotify does not own that copyright, only a distribution license. How they can get away with it?

[DannyBee]

The plaintiffs are actually record companies, spotify is tacked on at the end for some reason, and the article decided to confuse matters :)

[direwolf20]

Apparently you can win anything you want in a default judgement, no matter how ridiculous. When you know the other side won't show up because they'd be handcuffed, this is a useful way to achieve your goals.

[helsinki8]

We need to abolish copyright laws entirely. This is just the ten millionth instance of them being abused by the 1% to harm the majority.

[taskforcegemini]

In times of AI this doesn't sound lije the ideal solution either