<div id="readability-page-1"><figure> <img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23951392/STK088_VRG_Illo_N_Barclay_3_spotify.jpg/query-Y3JvcD0wLDAsMTAwLDEwMCZxdWFsaXR5PTkwJnN0cmlwPWFsbA?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="2040" height="1360" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23951392/STK088_VRG_Illo_N_Barclay_3_spotify.jpg/query-Y3JvcD0wLDAsMTAwLDEwMCZxdWFsaXR5PTkwJnN0cmlwPWFsbA"/> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> Spotify says it has launched new protections against &#34;anti-copyright attacks&#34; after the open-source library / pirate activist group Anna's Archive announced it's ripped 86 million songs from the platform that it plans to make available in torrents, as reported earlier by Billboard. According to the group, &#34;We have archived around 86 million songs from Spotify, ordering by popularity descending. While this only represents 37 percent of songs, it represents around 99.6 percent of listens.&#34; The first torrent released says it contains metadata, such as album art, song title, and artist name, belonging to 99.9 percent of Spotify's 256 million t … Read the full story at The Verge.</div>

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Spotify has implemented new protections against piracy after Anna's Archive, a pirate activist group, announced it has ripped 86 million songs from Spotify. These songs, representing 99.6% of listens, will be available via torrents. The first torrent includes metadata like album art and artist names for 99.9% of Spotify's 256 million tracks.

Pirate library rips 86 million of the most popular songs on Spotify