Hacktivist group Anna's Archive has scraped approximately 86 million tracks from Spotify, claiming it aims to create the first fully open music preservation archive. They argue that this initiative is necessary to protect music from potential loss due to disasters or other calamities. While they tout the scale of their collection—about 99.6 percent of Spotify's listens—the actual number of files represents only a third of Spotify's total catalog of around 256 million tracks. The majority of their archive consists of metadata, leaving many less popular songs unpreserved. The scraping operation raises questions about legality and intent. Spotify has called the act a clear case of piracy, despite its own controversial practices regarding artist compensation. The hacktivists intend to distribute the music through torrents but have not clarified how they'll manage the large volume of data. Their blog hints at a possible future where individual tracks could be made available for download if there is enough demand, contradicting their preservation claims. Spotify has already disabled the accounts involved in the scraping and is enhancing its protections against such activities. Although Anna's Archive emphasizes a noble cause, their methods and the limited scope of their archive undercut their claims. They focus on popular music while ignoring a vast amount of content, and their intentions remain murky, especially considering Spotify's perspective on intellectual property. Despite the ongoing debate about copyright and compensation in the music industry, the situation illustrates the complexities of digital preservation efforts in a landscape shaped by both innovation and legal constraints.