Internet Archive's big battle with music publishers ends in settlement

The inability to prove damages normally is the end of a suit. But there is something magic in copyright where judges seem to waive that requirement. This special dispensation seems to be extralegal, and limited to where it serves large copyright holders.

See the Copyright Act of 1976. That battle was lost long ago and judges can't ignore statutary damages.

The lesson of the 2020s is that judges can do whatever the hell they want.