Karna@lemmy.ml to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agoPirate archivist group scrapes Spotify's 300TB library, posts free torrents for downloading 86,000,000 tracks — investigation underway as music and metadata hit torrent siteswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1373arrow-down10
arrow-up1373arrow-down1external-linkPirate archivist group scrapes Spotify's 300TB library, posts free torrents for downloading 86,000,000 tracks — investigation underway as music and metadata hit torrent siteswww.tomshardware.comKarna@lemmy.ml to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareAndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down1·2 days agoIf only I had a spare 300TB of storage
minus-squareBakkoda@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoFyi just to support Annas you can go and tell them how much space you have to spare and generate a few magnet links for you.
minus-squareBeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 days agoTbh they’re probably fucked now they’ve painted a huge target on their backs.
minus-squareBeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI reckon so, they were pretty low profile before and e-books and journal articles likely don’t draw the same audience as a huge open library of music.
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoI do have access to 300tb but do I want to use it for music?
minus-squarethatkomputerkat@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoWhat percentage of it would be something you actually enjoyed listening to?
minus-squarexvertigox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoArchiving/preservation is separate to consuming the content.
minus-squarebitjunkie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoPrecisely. This isn’t for people who want to use it. This is for people who want to clone it.
If only I had a spare 300TB of storage
Fyi just to support Annas you can go and tell them how much space you have to spare and generate a few magnet links for you.
Tbh they’re probably fucked now they’ve painted a huge target on their backs.
As opposed to before …?
I reckon so, they were pretty low profile before and e-books and journal articles likely don’t draw the same audience as a huge open library of music.
I do have access to 300tb but do I want to use it for music?
What percentage of it would be something you actually enjoyed listening to?
Archiving/preservation is separate to consuming the content.
Precisely. This isn’t for people who want to use it. This is for people who want to clone it.
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Maybe 20%