I will always side against the multi-billion dollar corporation.
I cannot fathom why they would go this route after Archive.org was targetted and so thoroughly lost. They could have hosted it on a different site.
If you don’t own what you pay for, then pirating is not unethical. Period.
I left spotify behind
I never jumped on board with it. But people use it and it’s news.
What service did you use instead? If none, you missed out on a majorly convenient service for the user.
I’m old, I like to own my music. I’ve never liked the idea of leasing music. I’m sure Spotify works wonderfully for some users, for me, Navidrome does everything I need of it.
so how do I access it now?
Only the .org domain got seized. You can still use one of several backup domains:
While there, consider donating to help preserve the modern day Library of Alexandria!
Thank goodness!
Earlier, I wasn’t convinced this was due to Spotify because it happened incredibly quickly after the news about the scraping. Two weeks or so after AA’s announcement, I’d hardly believe this sort of domain takedown can be carried out so swiftly, without the pirated material even being available on the site yet. Guess I was wrong, Spotify money can do miracles.
Funny how the same doesn’t happen when X hosts CSAM though… Money truly can do miracles
The people running Anna’s Archive should’ve really known better. At one hand, I’m appreciative for what they attempted to do. But on the other hand, they’ve really painted a big target on their backs by scraping on Spotify. Now they have the RIAA legion sickened on them and they’re probably now going to get nuked by lawsuits and appeals. So, in a sense, Anna’s Archive kinda went and blew themselves up, screwing people out of a good source.
