Annas Archive has ripped all of Spotify and put up as torrents.
300TB of audio files. Looks like the audiobook catalogue is there too..
Discussion
Fucking aye
Someone’s going to need to code a player specific to this archive
It's crazy!
I imagine you will be zapping all the artists you listen to on this stolen archive of musicians and writers life work- right?
ɪ'm noᴛ surᴘrɪseᴅ aʙouᴛ ᴛʜɪs ʜaᴘᴘenɪnɢ. some ʟʟms are noᴛ so snɪᴛcʜʏ anᴅ ɪᴛ ᴛooᴋ ǫuɪᴛe some worᴋ ᴛo ᴛracᴋ ᴅown wʜɪcʜ moᴅeʟ was ʙeɪnɢ useᴅ, ᴛo execuᴛe a ʜax. ɪ'm sure ᴛʜaᴛ ɪ couʟᴅ ɢeᴛ cʟauᴅe, ꜰor sure, ᴛo ʙuɪʟᴅ me a ᴛooʟ ᴛo snarꜰ ᴛʜe enᴛɪre sᴘoᴛɪꜰʏ.
noᴛe ᴛʜeʏ aᴛᴛacᴋeᴅ sᴘoᴛɪꜰʏ, noᴛ ʙanᴅcamᴘ. ʙanᴅcamᴘ's ʙusɪness moᴅeʟ ɪs reasonaʙʟe anᴅ ᴅoesn'ᴛ ɪnvoʟve ᴅrm. some arᴛɪsᴛs cʜarɢe ᴛoo mucʜ on ʙanᴅcamᴘ ʙuᴛ ɪ ᴊusᴛ sᴋɪᴘ wasᴛɪnɢ mʏ moneʏ on ᴛʜaᴛ, anᴅ mosᴛʟʏ ᴛʜe arᴛɪsᴛs ɪ ʟɪᴋe are reasonaʙʟe ꜰor ᴛʜe ᴘrɪvɪʟeɢe oꜰ ʜavɪnɢ ʟossʟess versɪons oꜰ ᴛʜeɪr musɪc.
even metadata alone is valuable - could be used to lookup Spotify links/IDs, convert playlists with their services.