Andre Yoskowitz
26 Feb 2016 22:55
The RIAA has secured a $22 million judgement against MP3Skull, a site that did not host but linked to pirated song files.
MP3Skull lost because nobody ever came to court to defend the site, including the site's owner Monica Vasilenko, who currently resides in Russia.
Sued in April 2015, the "very popular rogue website devoted to the massive, brazen, and egregious theft of millions of copyrighted sound recordings" will now move into the control of the labels although it is highly unlikely they will ever receive a penny of the judgement.
MP3Skull was a very basic site that was created to "provide fast and relevant search" and then link to unauthorized music files.
The RIAA was "pleased" with the decision.
Source:
Arstechnica