We backed up Spotify (metadata and music files). It’s distributed in bulk torrents (~300TB). It’s the world’s first “preservation archive” for music which is fully open (meaning it can easily be mirrored by anyone with enough disk space), with 86 million music files, representing around 99.6% of listens.
  • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    7 hours ago

    The data they compiled is really cool.

    If reading the chart right, the genera with the most artists is opera.

    Even if they didn’t have the music files, the analysis on the metadata is insane.

    Publicly admitting they are the origin of the torrents is definitely a risky an insane move. I don’t think they want Sony going after them, but also fuck Sony for locking art behind shitty contracts that forces these kind of projects to exist.

    • JensSpahnpasta@feddit.orgOPEnglish
      6·
      4 hours ago

      Publicly admitting they are the origin of the torrents is definitely a risky an insane move. I don’t think they want Sony going after them

      Let’s be honest: Everybody is trying to go after Annas Archive. Every book publisher wants to get them, the US government, too and it really doesn’t matter if every music publisher wants them also. I hope that they are based in a country where the western systems can’t get them

    • douglasg14b@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      12 hours ago

      Yeah, it’s a wild move admitting that they are the source of pirated content for music here.

      We don’t need Anna’s Archive to go under as a result of Sony going after them because of this…

      • rainwall@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        5 hours ago

        They have had a dozen or more lawsuits/police actions against them. They are already enemy #1 in piracy terms, so I expect they are okay leaning into it and doing more good for the world.