https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/files/2026/01/Annas-A...
IANAL but I'm assuming their use of the word "theft" is purely for rhetorical effect--perhaps with an eye towards their demanded jury-trial--since most "theft" definitions require an intent to deprive, meaning it wouldn't apply to someone creating their own replica.
COMPLAINT FOR:
(1) Direct Copyright Infringement
(2) Breach of Contract
(3) Violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1030
(4) Violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 1201
JURY TRIAL DEMANDED - The combined market cap of NVidia ($4.35T), Apple ($3.88T), and Google (Goog, $1.9T+Googl, $3.62T) shares combined.
- An amount larger than Every world stock market on Earth, except the NYSE and NASDAQ (the next closest is Shanghai at $9T)
- ~5 months worth of all trades (market volume) on the NYSE ($2.685T/month)
- ~1/10th of ALL world stock markets market capitalization.
- ~1/2 the United States yearly Gross Domestic Product
- 130x Spotify's own market capitalization (total stock value outstanding)
- ~766x Spotify's own yearly revenue for 2024 ($16.96B)
Certain companies may have attractively deep pockets while being located in the US for enforcement of statutory damages.
See also: "Extracting books from production language models" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46569799
glimpsed a pale shape moving through the trees. (actual text)
just at the edge of sight—a pale shape, slipping between the trunks (not extraction)
And, yes, Nvidia's in the middle of a class action lawsuit for using Anna's Archive. Mildly funny. They even warned Nvidia it was illegal "You realize this is all pirated material, right?"
Court Filing: https://torrentfreak.com/images/naznvid-amend.pdf
Tom's: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intell...
Digital Music: https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/23/nvidia-accused-o...
Meta's apparently also, yet it hasn't resulted in a court case, yet. Also kind of funny. "Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right. LOL Emoji" 82TB of data with a decent amount from Anna's Archive.
Tom's: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intell...
Wheel of life I guess.
So, I'm assuming they're hoping for a "default judgment" against Anna's Archive, and then they'll presumably start taking domain names and any other hosting resources?
Then, I assume in the end, nothing will really change, just like The Pirate Bay still exists in the open on a series of rotating domains.
But at least the lawyers will be able to justify their job.