Unsealed: Spotify Lawsuit Triggered Anna's Archive Domain Name Suspensions
2 months ago
- #legal-battle
- #music-industry
- #copyright-infringement
- Anna’s Archive, a meta-search engine for shadow libraries, announced backing up Spotify, alarming the music industry.
- Spotify and major labels filed a lawsuit against Anna’s Archive for copyright infringement, DMCA violations, and more.
- The lawsuit alleges Anna’s Archive scraped 86 million music files and metadata for 256 million tracks from Spotify.
- A temporary restraining order led to the suspension of Anna’s Archive’s .ORG and .SE domains.
- A preliminary injunction targets not just Anna’s Archive but also third-party intermediaries like Cloudflare and hosting companies.
- Anna’s Archive removed its Spotify download section, possibly in response to legal actions.