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Anna’s Archive Sued For $300 Million By Spotify

May 12, 2026 Miranda Wollen, Paste Magazine. , , , ,
If we know anything about Spotify, it’s that they need more money. How’s one to pay their artists with a measly annual operating income of $2.7 billion? Thank goodness, then, that justice was served this week when nefarious open-source activist group Anna’s Archive was ordered to pay the streaming behemoth $300 million. A judge accused Anna’s Archive of scraping “nearly all of the world’s commercial sound recordings” from the platform, as well as Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Entertainment. The three latter companies are to receive $7 million in damages. 

How Corporate Platforms Are Suppressing Artists Who Dissent

December 15, 2025 Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. , , , , , , ,
David Rovics is an activist musician who composes songs that educate about historical events, provide political analysis about current events, and raise up people from social movements. His solidarity with Palestinian liberation is deep, spanning his entire musical career. Recently, his entire 50-album catalog on YouTube Music was deleted. Clearing the FOG speaks with Rovics about the retaliation he has faced, some of his recent songs, how platforms like Spotify and YouTube are impacting the music industry, his artificial intelligence band, Ai Tsuno, and calls to boycott Spotify.

Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Naomi Klein Join Academics Denouncing Attempt To Cancel Lowkey

March 31, 2022 Alan MacLeod, Mintpress News. , , ,
United Kingdom - In recent weeks Lowkey – a tireless campaigner for Palestinian human rights – has been the target of a disingenuous attempt to destroy his career, led by pro-Israeli groups, many of whom are either directly funded or staffed by individuals from the Israeli Embassy in London. Following their pressure campaign, his talks and performances at universities have been postponed or canceled. Meanwhile, the lobbying group “We Believe In Israel” is trying to remove his music from streaming platform Spotify. Even British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has involved himself in the affair, seemingly fully supporting the witch hunt against him and signaling this could be the first of many similar efforts to silence pro-Palestinian voices.
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