Spotify says it's cutting off access to some user accounts and adding safeguards after a shadow library website claimed to have scraped an immense amount of Spotify's metadata and audio files from the ...

The world’s largest shadow library—which is increasingly funded by AI developers—shocked the Internet this weekend by announcing it had “backed up Spotify” and started distributing 300 terabytes of ...

Spotify is investigating claims that a piracy-linked group has millions of music tracks and data from the platform without authorization. The claims were made in a recent blog post from Anna’s Archive ...

Update: Spotify has provided a second statement in relation to this story. “Spotify has identified and disabled the nefarious user accounts that engaged in unlawful scraping. We’ve implemented new ...

Spotify has taken action after following reports that a group scraped its library with plans to make it publicly available as a "preservation archive." Reports surfaced early Monday (Dec. 22) that a ...

At least nine rock or metal bands removed their music from Spotify in 2025, with many of them moving off the platform in the past six months. Here is a breakdown of all of the rock and metal bands ...

If Spotify didn't work for you earlier today, know that you weren't alone. Thousands of Spotify users had trouble accessing the music streaming service on Monday, unable to listen to their favorite ...

Months after removing their entire catalog from Spotify in protest, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard found themselves victimized by an AI clone on the platform they abandoned. An account operating ...

If you’ve ever felt frustrated by Spotify‘s algorithm recommending songs that don’t match your taste, there’s some good news. The streaming giant is finally giving you a way to take control of its ...

In July, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announced that they would no longer host their music on Spotify. Following a precedent set by early critics Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu, and since adopted by Massive ...

Not long after they released their latest album Phantom Island back in June, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announced they were taking their massive catalog off of Spotify — one of many such cases ...

Mere months after Australian psych-rockers King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard exited Spotify at full volume, the band’s fans who still linger on the platform claim the streamer is now serving up ...