2026-04-16 10:03 UTC
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@mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-17 05:19
I think it’s just poor wording. It says they *released tracks that were* scraped from Spotify via BitTorrent. I think the punctuation and sentence structure is awkward. I think what they were *trying* to say was more along the lines of “they scraped millions of tracks from Spotify, and released them via BitTorrent.” Still not technically correct, because you don’t *release* things via BitTorrent. But it at least clarifies that the songs were first scraped, and then released via torrent.
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@jeeva@lemmy.world 2026-04-18 15:30
> ...briefly released millions of tracks, scraped from Spotify, via Bittorrent. Would have worked better with commas, but makes sense?
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@Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2026-04-17 04:39
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@GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 2026-04-16 12:21
> briefly released millions of tracks that were scraped from Spotify via BitTorrent. That's just an awkward sentence construction but it makes sense: they released track via Bittorrent. The tracks were scraped from Spotify. I sold my car that was purchased from a dealership via private party sale. I charged my laptop that normally accepts 100W via a 20W phone charger. I would've used a "which" phrase with commas to avoid the confusion, but the sentence as written is valid and makes sense.
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@fantacyde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-16 10:16
They were meaning that they released via BitTorrent the tracks which were scraped from Spotify
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@ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2026-04-16 18:39
Actually, for a while Spotify did use the BitTorrent protocol for content delivery. So this isn't too far-fetched.