10 January 2022
A federal judge in Washington has issued a default judgment against a major overseas e-book piracy operation known as the KISS Library after the operators of the site failed to answer a lawsuit filed in July, 2020 by the Authors Guild, Amazon Publishing, Penguin Random House, and a number of authors. In addition to a permanent injunction barring the service from operation, the court also awarded the plaintiffs the maximum amount of damages under the law, totaling some $7.8 million.
