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2026-01-23 07:56:37 UTC

flash on Nostr: ⚡️🚨 NEW - Spotify and major labels (Sony, Warner, UMG) obtained a court order ...

⚡️🚨 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.