A Pirate Group Says It Copied Nearly All of Spotify’s Music Catalog

UPDATE 12/23: Spotify has shared more on the actions it has taken since discovering its service had been scraped for data. A spokesperson for Spotify told PCMag, “Spotify has identified and disabled the nefarious user accounts that engaged in unlawful scraping.”

We’ve implemented new safeguards for these types of anti-copyright attacks and are actively monitoring for suspicious behavior. Since day one, we have stood with the artist community against piracy, and we are actively…