Pirate library rips 86 million of the most popular songs on Spotify
Spotify says it has launched new protections against "anti-copyright attacks" after the open-source library / pirate activist group Anna's Archive announced it's ripped 86 million songs from the platform that it plans to make available in torrents, as reported earlier by Billboard. According to the group, "We have archived around 86 million songs from Spotify, ordering by popularity descending. While this only represents 37 percent of songs, it represents around 99.6 percent of listens."
The first torrent released says it contains metadata, such as album art, song title, and artist name, belonging to 99.9 percent of Spotify's 256 million t …