Does $75 trillion even exist? The thirteen record companies that are suing file-sharing company Lime Wire for copyright infringement certainly thought so. When they won a summary judgment ruling last May they demanded damages that could reach this mind-boggling amount, which is more than five times the national debt.
Manhattan federal district court judge Kimba Wood, however, saw things differently. She labeled the record companies' damages request "absurd" and contrary to copyright laws in a 14-page opinion.
Thank God someone feels like making sense. Judge Wood may not be able to change the course of stupidity, but she has made a legendary leap in the right direction. Her opinion refers to their "strained, albeit creative interpretation" and does not mince words. However, I applaud her restraint in not throwing a "bwahahahahahahaha" at the end.
Bwahahahahahahaha.
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