* 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
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Here's the discussion from a few days ago:
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
Other stories:
* http://www.geekosystem.com/limewire-sued-75-trillion/
* http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202486102650&...
This is nothing new, nor does the article add much insight