Volunteer hacktivists working for Anna's Archive have managed to scrape all the metadata of the Spotify library.

Anna’s Archive claims it has scraped nearly all of Spotify, acquiring 300TB of data, for a so-called "preservation" project.

Spotify has around 256 million tracks, and the Anna’s Archive collection contains metadata for an estimated 99.9% of them.

Anna's Archive, a shadow library search engine, recently scraped Spotify to create a pirate archive containing 86 million songs and metadata for 256 million tracks.

Pirate site Anna’s Archive, which describes itself as “the largest truly open library in human history,” says that it ...

The 86 million tracks represent only about 37 percent of Spotify’s total catalog, but a staggering 99.6 percent of all listen.

Spotify's platform has reportedly been breached, with over 300TB worth of data and 86 million songs stolen by Anna's Archive.

Anna's Archive, the open-source search engine for shadow libraries, says it scraped Spotify's entire library of music. The group acquired metadata for around 256 million tracks, with 86 million actual ...

Anna's Archive, billed as the largest truly-open library in human history, now includes roughly 300TB of Spotify tracks and ...

The group says it gathered data in the interest of "preservation," while Spotify says it shut down unlawful accounts.

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