📰 New article from TorrentFreak
Unsealed: Spotify Lawsuit Triggered Anna’s Archive Domain Name Suspensions
https://torrentfreak.com/unsealed-spotify-lawsuit-triggered-annas-archive-domain-name-suspensions/
Spotify just pulled the plug on Anna’s Archive—literally.
You knew Anna’s Archive as the shadow library that hoarded pirated books. But in December, they dropped a bombshell: they’d also scraped 86 million Spotify tracks. No music yet—just metadata. But the labels panicked. Within days, Spotify and the Big Three (UMG, Sony, Warner) filed a sealed lawsuit accusing Anna’s Archive of brazen DRM-busting, mass copyright theft, and planning to “freely distribute” millions of songs. The goal? Stop them before they even hit “upload.”
And it worked—fast. A judge issued an emergency restraining order in January, and boom: Anna’s .ORG and .SE domains vanished. Even Cloudflare got dragged in—not because they hosted the files, but because they helped them load. The court didn’t wait for a hearing. They went full legal nuke: domain registries, hosting providers, even India’s internet exchange were ordered to cut ties.
Then came the twist: Anna’s Archive quietly removed its Spotify downloads. No fanfare. Just… gone. Coincidence? Probably not. It’s the digital equivalent of a thief dropping the loot when the cops show up.
The lawsuit is still ongoing, and Anna’s Archive hasn’t surrendered—other domains still work. But for now? Spotify’s secret stash is back under lock and key. For the first time ever, the shadow library got shadowed.