I hope every music industry executive gets run over by a Mack Truck.
this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2026
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Nah, thats too quick
So, this sentence says it's actually illegal to download copyrighted material through shadow libraries, I get it and now I wonder what could this mean for Meta's AI case?
they did this publicly. they attached their names to it. pretty much everyone was saying that it was a horrible idea to do so. they did it knowing it wouldn't only effect them but also piracy as a whole. i'm angry at them for being fucking idiots sure but like genuinely this could be a massive problem for all of us. thanks Anna's Archive, you really showed them /s
They didn't even respond to the charges, which are unenforceable.
"Charges" don't get "enforced". I'm not sure what you're trying to say.
i’m angry at them for being fucking idiots sure but like genuinely this could be a massive problem for all of us.
The US music industry has always been bullshit, going all the way back to record labels. I would feel bad for the artists, but I don't give two shits about the distributor who acts like they own the music and feels entitled to all monetary rewards for someone else's work.
does this set precedence for online platforms to sue AI platforms for all the data collection? /s
So uhm, what's the new name? Asking for a friend.
They used a neat trick and just spelled the first name backwards! annA instead of Anna!
you can check these mirror lists for alternatives when the current domains go down https://shadowlibraries.github.io/ https://open-slum.org/
Anna's Archive: The New One
Just go to the wiki and look up the domains in the right.
We sued people. Well, I think. Since the people are unknown. They didn't show up, so we won. Now unknown people need to pay whatever we say they should pay.
Great job, let's pat ourselves on the back. We fought the man and won.
We fought the man and won.
I think Anna is a woman's name. /s
Be quiet about that, if they hear it'll reduce their list of suspects by half!
huge if true
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"Scraped from Spotify via Bitorrent" OK. That's not how that works.
Actually, for a while Spotify did use the BitTorrent protocol for content delivery. So this isn't too far-fetched.
briefly released millions of tracks that were scraped from Spotify via BitTorrent.
That's just an awkward sentence construction but it makes sense: they released track via Bittorrent. The tracks were scraped from Spotify.
I sold my car that was purchased from a dealership via private party sale.
I charged my laptop that normally accepts 100W via a 20W phone charger.
I would've used a "which" phrase with commas to avoid the confusion, but the sentence as written is valid and makes sense.
Poorly worded
They were meaning that they released via BitTorrent the tracks which were scraped from Spotify
Or they don't understand the topic
AI still out here taking everything. Only the corporations can steal. Maybe they didn't like that it was then given to people for free, instead sold again.
To go even further, Anna's Archive has a section for LLM training that the big ones use. Apparrently it's okay if they use data that has been ruled to be illegal.
Maybe they didn't like that it was then given to people for free
Yeah, I mean, it's mostly that.
In addition to the damages award, Rakoff entered a permanent worldwide injunction covering ten Anna’s Archive domains
Bahaha, Fuck Off. The world doesn't recognize your authority.
Watch how many will bend the knee
A default judgement just gives Spotify some leverage to try to collect money, property, and get injunctions. But as we know from the pirate bay cases, that's a losing whack-a-mole battle long term.
But it does make life a bit harder for Anna's archive unless they show up to fight back, which they probably won't.
They did it guys!!! Piracy no more /s
Only billionaires and friends allowed
Gee I wonder why warehouses keep catching fires lately…
Fuck Spotify and their ICE recruitment ad bullshit.
Funny, the statute $2500 should be for the circumvention act, which was likely singular, not per file obtained during or as a result of the act. And the $150k is ridiculous in and of itself, even if for all files obtained. What a strange world we live in.
Spotify built a system of control in order to profit a few at a cost to many, perhaps everyone else.
Someone broke that system in order to benefit many, possibly at the cost of some of their ability to profit from their system of control--if they didn't lose customers, or prospective customers, they didn't experience any financial loss, or a loss in their ability to maintain their system of control (which is still very much in place and working).
Either way, nobody was hurt.
But the person who acted selflessly to benefit of society in general is punished.
Because... We, as a society, celebrate and work effortlessly to maintain complex systems of abuse in order to satisfy our greed or the greed of others. All despite being taught in school not to lie to and bully each other, and to share with and care for each other.
As a species: We are bat shit fucking crazy!
No, to enable (in the addiction sense) the greed of others. Not "satisfy." Because it can never be satisfied: they will take and take and take and take until there is nothing left, and still demand more.
ChatGPT play a song that sounds suspiciously like enter sandman.
These greed demons make me more of a socialist everyday. America is fucked in this AI race. If only the .001%% can create AI by owning all the property rights, how do they expect a society to collaborate & innovate?
Last I heard they only released the data on what they had, when did they release the actual music?
They never released music, just metadata. It doesnt matter. This injunction is just legal posturing. They have no jurisdiction to tell foreign domain registrars to do anything. It takes an actual cop walking in on a data center to finally seize a site (surrender hard drives, reroute domains, etc.) If the server is in another country, it takes years to go through the red tape. If the country is not collaborative, it will never happen, specially since piracy is seen as a very low priority issue in the grand scheme of cyber crime.
Oh, right, I should send them some monies.