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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Entertainment
Frederick Marvin Lumba

Spotify Faces Unprecedented Piracy Claim as Activist Group Says It 'Backed Up' Millions of Tracks

Music streaming app Spotify had its catalogue ripped by a piracy activist group (Credit: AFP News)

Spotify has been thrown into disarray after a controversial piracy activist group known as Anna's Archive claimed to have scraped and 'backed up' a substantial portion of the streaming giant's music catalogue; a move that experts say could reshape the digital music landscape.

According to the group's announcement and multiple reports, the operation has produced a massive 300 terabyte archive of music files and metadata that is now circulating on peer-to-peer networks.

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