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⚡️🚨 NEW - Spotify and major labels (Sony, Warner, UMG) obtained a court order against Anna’s Archive, taking down its .org domain.

They secretly sued the shadow library over its ~300TB scrape of Spotify music metadata and tracks (claiming ~86M files, ~99% of Spotify's catalog).

The lawsuit was filed under seal; Anna’s Archive wasn’t notified until after the takedown.

Anna’s Archive remains accessible via mirrors and alternatives, but this was a stealth infrastructure takedown.

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FLASH · 8w
🗞️ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/annas-archive-said-spotify-scrape-didnt-cause-domain-suspension-it-was-wrong/
FLASH · 8w
🗞️ https://blossom.primal.net/4d1b98770108613ac2aa4bf7e10adb1c1e31d5758e3b4d6e8c19c6f13b0ad174.jpg
FLASH · 8w
🗞️ https://blossom.primal.net/427ddb28fe2eaf8352ca1d8c5a6ac429dd09644be25bca178a449029895d2bb1.png
Anti Spasti · 8w
And just like thepiratebay Anna‘s Archive is goin to stay available forever. 🐈‍⬛ 🐭
whit · 8w
This is why I trust no one
HERMETICVM · 8w
What's a stealth infrastructure takedown? What makes this different from all the other domain registry related attacks on shadow libraries? The same happened to LibGen just a few weeks ago. It's completely normal to only learn of your domain being taken from you after the fact or else you'd just mo...
1984 · 8w
Never heard of Anna's Archive. Have they moved to a new domain yet?
inpc · 8w
Daniel Elk isn’t a real elk. Fuck that guy.
Laeserin · 8w
This sort of massive, centralized file repository is the wrong solution and legacy tech. Have we learned nothing, from Bitcoin?
Cruz · 8w
Can’t stop a protocol 🏴‍☠️
tigs · 8w
What are your official mirrors? Currently our official mirrors are: - annas-archive.li - annas-archive.pm - annas-archive.in Not recommended mirrors (don’t contribute back) - welib.org (NOT RECOMMENDED): They have forked our codebase and files. They haven’t released their new code as open sour...
Tony Acid · 8w
ALTERNATIVE is here: https://welib.st
ImaginaryEvent · 8w
It would be nice to see these files *blossom" somewhere 🌸
Sun of the Moon · 8w
You all should be following Brian Roemmele, an AI researcher since the 1980's. Anyway here is further reading on Spotify hack, fuck them. https://readmultiplex.com/2025/12/23/my-ai-based-research-into-spotifys-unauthorized-archived-soul-and-shocking-discoveries-in-the-256-million-tracks-and-data/