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this post was submitted on 31 Aug 2025
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According to the article, it could be higher than 1.5 billion, though by how much they don't really say. But they're estimating about $3000 per book. For a class action that actually seems extremely high.
yep, I was seeing some folks reckon it might be 20~30x what they’d make in later royalties. I’m not knocking the suit or the value to authors - mostly just wishing it were more so it might cause an even sharper effect
But compared to the anti piracy fines for sharing music from decades ago it is pretty low.
Saw people suggest it was because the judge doesnt want to kill the goose that is laying pyrite eggs.