Pirate library rips 86 million of the most popular songs on Spotify
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Anna's Archive claims to have ripped 86 million popular songs from Spotify, representing 99.6% of listens. Spotify has responded with new anti-copyright protections, and the group plans to release the data via torrents.
Spotify says it has launched new protections against "anti-copyright attacks" after the open-source library / pirate activist group Anna's Archive announced it's ripped 86 million songs from the platform that it plans to make available in torrents, as reported earlier by Billboard. According to the group, "We have archived around 86 million songs from Spotify, ordering by popularity descending. While this only represents 37 percent of songs, it represents around 99.6 percent of listens."
The first torrent released says it contains metadata, such as album art, song title, and artist name, belonging to 99.9 percent of Spotify's 256 million t …