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SPOTIFY WINS $322M JUDGMENT AGAINST ELUSIVE MUSIC PIRATES

INDUSTRY DESKTHU, APR 16, 2026

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Spotify and the three major record labels secured a $322 million default judgment against Anna's Archive, an open-source piracy platform that planned to release millions of Spotify music files. The ruling came after the operator failed to respond to the lawsuit.

The judgment was issued by a court after Anna's Archive did not respond to legal action filed by Spotify, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music in January. Anna's Archive operates as an open-source library and pirate activist group. The platform had scraped millions of music files directly from Spotify's platform with plans to make them publicly available. The $322 million default judgment represents a significant win for the music industry against digital piracy, though enforcement remains uncertain given the operator's anonymity and the decentralized nature of the platform. This case highlights ongoing tensions between copyright holders and piracy networks that have adapted to operate with minimal traceable infrastructure. The judgment's actual impact depends on whether authorities can identify and locate the operator to collect damages.

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► The Verge

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