$13 trillion in damages for 86 million songs. The math here tells you everything about how copyright law actually functions. They’re claiming $150,000 per track, the maximum allowed for willful infringement, multiplied across the catalog. The number is designed to be absurd because the goal was never collection. For context, $13 trillion is roughly 43% of US GDP. The entire global recorded music industry generated $29.6 billion in 2024. This lawsuit demands 439 years worth of industry revenue. The labels and Spotify know they’ll never collect a dollar from an anonymous, decentralized group that operates via cryptocurrency donations and torrent distribution. Anna’s Archive didn’t even show up to the January 16 hearing. A preliminary injunction was issued on January 20. The defendants are ghosts by design. This lawsuit functions as a press release in legal form. Establish precedent. Get a permanent injunction. Send a message to anyone thinking about building the next shadow library. And based on the 2M views and 28K likes on this tweet, the labels got exactly what they paid their lawyers for.