Does $75 trillion even exist? Thirteen record companies that are suing the operator of the file-sharing service LimeWire for copyright infringement certainly thought so. When they won a summary judgment ruling in Arista Records LLC v. Lime Group Inc., 715 F. Supp. 2d 481, last May they demanded damages that could reach this mind-boggling amount, which is more than five times the national debt.

Southern District Judge Kimba Wood, however, saw things differently. On Thursday, she labeled the damages request “absurd” and contrary to copyright laws in a 14-page opinion.

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