{"id":363125,"date":"2025-12-22T05:36:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T05:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/363125\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T05:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T05:36:07","slug":"spotify-music-library-scraped-by-pirate-activist-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/363125\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify Music Library Scraped by Pirate Activist Group"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tA pirate activist group has scraped and released metadata from Spotify<\/a>, according to a blog post on open source search engine Anna\u2019s Archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe report alleges the scrape includes 256 million rows of track metadata and 86 million audio files, to be distributed on P2P networks in bulk torrents totaling roughly 300 terabytes. As of Sunday (Dec. 21), the report indicates only metadata, not music files, have been released.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a statement obtained by Billboard, a representative for Spotify says, \u201cAn investigation into unauthorized access identified that a third party scraped public metadata and used illicit tactics to circumvent DRM to access some of the platform\u2019s audio files.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe are actively investigating the incident,\u201d Spotify notes.<\/p>\n

Reactions to the initial report by Anna\u2019s Archive, like one circulating via a LinkedIn post<\/a> from Yoav Zimmerman, CEO\/co-founder of Third Chair \u2014 a startup that uses AI to build legal tools for media companies \u2014 theorized \u201canyone can now, in theory, create their own personal free version of Spotify (all music up to 2025) with enough storage and a personal media streaming server like Plex. The only real barriers are copyright law and fear of enforcement.\u201d <\/p>\n

Spotify\u2019s total audio files exceed the number mentioned by Anna\u2019s Archive. Still, Zimmerman\u2019s commentary points out that the incident could potentially dwarf the largest previously available open music archive, MusicBrainz, which contains around five million unique tracks.<\/p>\n

Anna\u2019s Archive, which typically focuses on books and papers, said the project is part of its mission of \u201cpreserving humanity\u2019s knowledge and culture\u201d and described the Spotify scrape as an effort to \u201cbuild a music archive primarily aimed at preservation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The post added, \u201cOf course Spotify doesn\u2019t have all the music in the world, but it\u2019s a great start.\u201d<\/p>\n

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