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If you actually read the article, it's not what y'all are making it out to be.
Some of the contracts signed between 1990 and 2004 were made with a Swiss subsidiary of Harlequin, and did not specify royalty rates for ebooks. Harlequin paid royalties for those ebooks in the 6-8% range. The attorneys are claiming that the authors didn't really sign with the Swiss subsidiary, but actually signed with Harlequin, and should get a 50% royalty rate for ebooks.
Considering that Harlequin cranks out a ton of books every month, that back catalog sales are small, and that ebooks weren't very big in that time period, I doubt we're talking about trillions of dollars. It's also impossible to say who is right without thoroughly reviewing the contracts, which is the job of the court.
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