An illegal music archiving group extracted 86 million songs from Spotify's 300TB library and dumped them onto torrent sites. This volume accounts for about 37% of Spotify's total library, but since they cherry-picked tracks that make up 99.9% of total plays, they basically got all the popular stuff. Most files are in OGG 160kbps, while less popular tracks were reduced to 75kbps. Spotify stated they will fight against piracy and have already deactivated the malicious accounts involved.
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"Users are largely unimpressed by the massive leak, arguing that the convenience of streaming has made music piracy feel like an outdated relic, though some are shocked by the sheer number of songs in existence."
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