{"id":292168,"date":"2024-11-27T18:19:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T17:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=344705"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:41:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:41:37","slug":"spotify-playlists-the-new-trick-to-share-pirated-software-and-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/spotify-playlists-the-new-trick-to-share-pirated-software-and-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify playlists, the new trick to share pirated software and content"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of today, there are hundreds of websites and platforms that host content illegally for users to download. However, not many would have thought of using <strong>Spotify<\/strong> as another tool in the service of piracy. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Spotify\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-m\/p\/0d7f88f0-96da-11e6-9120-00163ed833e7\/480942094\/spotify-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Spotify<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/spotify.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/spotify.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But how do they do it exactly? Spotify&#8217;s website has a great advantage: its contents are easily <strong>indexable<\/strong> by search engines like Google. This has led to the platform being filled with playlists and podcasts with titles full of keywords related to game, book, and movie downloads. Google, by indexing these Spotify pages, positions them among the <strong>top results<\/strong> for those searching for those specific terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/downloa-dspotidy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-344710\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Spotify removes playlists quite frequently, you can still find many active ones at the moment. Titles like the classic &#8220;<strong>free download<\/strong>&#8221; lead us to lists that in turn link to all kinds of pirate websites. Spotify <strong>strongly condemns<\/strong> these practices and warns users <strong>not to click on anything these fraudulent lists may display<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Spotify\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-m\/p\/0d7f88f0-96da-11e6-9120-00163ed833e7\/480942094\/spotify-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Spotify<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/spotify.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/spotify.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting today, there are hundreds of websites and platforms that host content illegally for users to download. However, not many would have thought of using Spotify as another tool in the service of piracy. But how do they do it exactly? The Spotify website has a great advantage: its content is easily indexable by search engines like Google. This has led to the platform being filled with playlists and podcasts with titles full of keywords related to game, book, and movie downloads. 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