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

UNCOVERED: Spotify shook by piracy activist group who stole massive portion of their catalogue - The Untold Story

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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