Music labels win $22.2m damages from MP3Skull –if they can find its owners

Following a lawsuit coordinated by industry body the RIAA, rightsholders are awarded maximum damages and given green light to seize domain names

Music filesharing site MP3Skull has been slapped with a $22.2m (15.8m) damages bill after losing a lawsuit filed by record labels in the US.

The labels, working through industry body the RIAA, won a default judgment against the site, with the judge in the case awarding maximum statutory damages of $150k for each of the 148 songs submitted as evidence.