TheBigRoomXXL@leminal.space to datahoarder@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoBacking up Spotify - Anna's archiveannas-archive.liexternal-linkmessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkBacking up Spotify - Anna's archiveannas-archive.liTheBigRoomXXL@leminal.space to datahoarder@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square27linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareSibbo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIt’s not legal what they are doing, isn’t it? Don’t they have basically the whole worlds police force after them already? Where are they even hosting?
minus-squarehayvan@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThis is the view from Belgium indeed.
minus-squarethingsiplay@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoVPN usually saves your IP too. And they have to give your IP address if requested by government. This might not be true for all countries and all VPN, but be mindful about this. I wouldn’t do anything illegal thinking its safe with a VPN.
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0 [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThey just need to say they are using the archive for AI training data. Then it’s legal.
minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months ago They just need to say they are using the archive for AI training data. Then it’s legal.
minus-squaremrdown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThey released the scraped data though and are openly against copyright laws
minus-squaremoondoggie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoWell, they do sell access to their data to train AI, so that’s a start
minus-squarethingsiplay@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIt is illegal to distribute these files. And they accept money, so it makes it even worse: Donate to Anna’s Archive. Any amount helps!
It’s not legal what they are doing, isn’t it? Don’t they have basically the whole worlds police force after them already? Where are they even hosting?
Spotify started with piracy.
This is the view from Belgium indeed.
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VPN usually saves your IP too. And they have to give your IP address if requested by government. This might not be true for all countries and all VPN, but be mindful about this. I wouldn’t do anything illegal thinking its safe with a VPN.
Or Cloudflare DNS.
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Well this is ironic
Haha, wow
They just need to say they are using the archive for AI training data. Then it’s legal.
They released the scraped data though and are openly against copyright laws
Well, they do sell access to their data to train AI, so that’s a start
It is illegal to distribute these files. And they accept money, so it makes it even worse: