Is the press coverage of Apress Media, LLC v. Anna's Archive aligned with the court record?

Coverage leans toward the plaintiff. No classified ruling yet to compare against the court record.

Apress Media, LLC v. Anna's Archive

Major publishers sue Anna's Archive for copyright infringement over unauthorized book distribution.

Summary generated by AI from public docket data. Verify against the original filing before relying on it.

Coverage vs realityPress: plaintiff

Coverage: 5P · 0D · 1N

Press coverage leans plaintiff-favorable; no court ruling has been classified yet.

Coverage breakdown — the headlines behind the meter

5 plaintiff-favorable · 0 defendant-favorable · 1 neutral

Plaintiff-favorable

Anna's Archive told to pay Spotify and record labels $322 million over unprecedented music scrapingEngadget · 2026-04-16
A court has ordered Anna's Archive, a pirated library that illegally collected Spotify content, to pay $322.2 million (approximately 51 billion yen) in damages.GIGAZINE · 2026-04-16
Anna's Archive to pay $322million after losing court case for scraping "nearly all of the world’s commercial sound recordings” from SpotifyNME · 2026-04-16
Major Publishers Sue Anna's Archive Over 'Staggering' Copyright Infringement, Seek Injunctiontorrentfreak.com · 2026-03-09

Defendant-favorable

None classified yet.

Coverage sentiment vs. docket activity over time

Counsel of record

For the plaintiff

Oppenheim & Zebrak LLPMatthew Jan Oppenheim
Oppenheim & Zebrak, LLPJennifer L. Pariser

Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Docket no.: 1:26-cv-01850
Nature of suit: Copyright
Filed: 2026-03-06
Last filing: 2026-05-19
Terminated: 2026-05-19

Cause

17:501 Copyright Infringement

Entities in this case

Anna's Archive2 Apress Media2

Parties

Does 1-10 Anna's Archive Taylor & Francis Group LLC Simon and Schuster, LLC Penguin Random House LLC Pearson Education, Inc., McGraw Hill LLC Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishing Group, LLC John Wiley & Sons, Inc. HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. Hachette Book Group, Inc. Elsevier Inc. Apress Media, LLC Cengage Learning, Inc.

Docket entries

2026-05-19
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2026-05-08
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2026-03-30
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2026-03-11
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2026-03-10
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2026-03-10
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2026-03-10
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2026-03-09
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2026-03-09
***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY TO RE-FILE DOCUMENT - EVENT TYPE ERROR. Notice to Attorney Matthew Jan Oppenheim to RE-FILE Document 2 Civil Cover Sheet. Use the event type Statement of Relatedness found under the event list Other Document. (sj)
2026-03-09
CASE REFERRED to Judge Jed S. Rakoff as possibly related to 1:26cv0002. (sj)
2026-03-09
CASE OPENING INITIAL ASSIGNMENT NOTICE: The above-entitled action is assigned to Judge Unassigned. (sj)
2026-03-09
Case Designated ECF. (sj)
2026-03-09
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2026-03-09
***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING CIVIL. CASE OPENING STATISTICAL ERROR CORRECTION: Notice to attorney Matthew Jan Oppenheim. The following case opening statistical information was erroneously selected/entered: Fee Status code due (due). The following correction(s) have been made to your case entry: the Fee Status code has been modified to pd (paid). (sj)
2026-03-09
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2026-03-09
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Summary

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