Anna's Archive told to pay Spotify and record labels $322 million over unprecedented music scraping
Culture Index
Score Breakdown
Relevance
15/25
Freshness
25/25
Authority
18/20
Brand Signal
17/15
Depth
5/15
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The open-source library and search engine Anna’s Archive has been ordered to pay Spotify and the three of the world’s largest music labels $322 million in damages after it claimed to have scraped the entirety of the streaming platform’s library of music. Spotify, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, sued Anna’s Archive in January for a slightly comical $13 trilli
