Anna's Archive Owes $340 Million, Lost Several Domains, but It's Still Online(torrentfreak.com)
291 points by Brajeshwar 17 days ago | 183 comments
tl;dr: Anna's Archive faced $341.5 million in default judgments this year from lawsuits by music companies and major book publishers, and lost multiple domains (.org, .se, .pm, .vg) via U.S. court injunctions. The site now operates on .gl, .pk, and .gd domains through registrars outside U.S. jurisdiction, and recently recovered from what operators call a "coordinated attack" on its infrastructure. The jurisdictional limits of U.S. courts are expected to fuel renewed rightsholder pushes for site-blocking legislation.
HN Discussion:
  • Anna's Archive is a heroic gift to humanity democratizing access to knowledge
  • The legal system unjustly targets knowledge-sharing while protecting profit-driven restrictions
  • ~Supporting Anna's Archive is hypocritical given it sells data to AI companies
  • The $340M judgment is meaningless/unenforceable and shouldn't be taken seriously
  • Practical concerns about the archive's functionality and torrent seeding