Activist group says it has scraped 86m music files from Spotify

Digital music and audio | The Guardian 2025-12-23

Summary:

Platform with 700m users says it is investigating after Anna’s Archive claims to have scraped tracks and metadata

An activist group has claimed to have scraped millions of tracks from Spotify and is preparing to release them online.

Observers said the apparent leak could boost AI companies looking for material to develop their technology.

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Link:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/22/activist-group-says-it-has-scraped-86m-music-files-from-spotify

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Music and Digital Media » Digital music and audio | The Guardian

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Authors:

Dan Milmo Global technology editor

Date tagged:

12/23/2025, 00:14

Date published:

12/22/2025, 15:50