Karna@lemmy.ml to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agoPirate archivist group scrapes Spotify's 300TB library, posts free torrents for downloading 86,000,000 tracks — investigation underway as music and metadata hit torrent siteswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down10
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minus-squareAndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoIf only I had a spare 300TB of storage
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoI do have access to 300tb but do I want to use it for music?
minus-squarethatkomputerkat@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoWhat percentage of it would be something you actually enjoyed listening to?
minus-squarexvertigox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoArchiving/preservation is separate to consuming the content.
minus-squarebitjunkie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoPrecisely. This isn’t for people who want to use it. This is for people who want to clone it.
minus-squareBakkoda@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoFyi just to support Annas you can go and tell them how much space you have to spare and generate a few magnet links for you.
minus-squareBeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoTbh they’re probably fucked now they’ve painted a huge target on their backs.
minus-squareBeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI reckon so, they were pretty low profile before and e-books and journal articles likely don’t draw the same audience as a huge open library of music.
If only I had a spare 300TB of storage
I do have access to 300tb but do I want to use it for music?
What percentage of it would be something you actually enjoyed listening to?
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Maybe 20%
Archiving/preservation is separate to consuming the content.
Precisely. This isn’t for people who want to use it. This is for people who want to clone it.
Fyi just to support Annas you can go and tell them how much space you have to spare and generate a few magnet links for you.
Tbh they’re probably fucked now they’ve painted a huge target on their backs.
As opposed to before …?
I reckon so, they were pretty low profile before and e-books and journal articles likely don’t draw the same audience as a huge open library of music.