Spotify Data Scraping Incident Raises Questions on Copyright, Security, and Digital Preservation

What the Spotify Data Scrape Means for Independent Artists

A shadow-library called Anna’s Archive has scraped nearly all of Spotify’s music metadata (almost 300TB of data). Here's what that means. The post What the Spotify Data Scrape Means for Independent Artists appeared first on Hypebot.

Spotify Data Scraping Incident Raises Questions on Copyright, Security, and Digital Preservation

A large collection of data reportedly taken from Spotify has surfaced online, drawing attention to serious issues around copyright protection, digital security, and large-scale data misuse. The dataset, which is estimated to be close to 300 terabytes in size, is already being distributed through public torrent networks. The claim comes from Anna’s Archive, a group previously known for archiving books and academic research. According to informati…