Unlike books, which are massively overpriced, this will hurt artists a lot as they need the fees paid by Spotify to make ends meet.

I don't think so. Streaming services are used for convenience. Torrenting and managing music at this scale is inconvenient.

Distributing these huge torrents is the perfect way to avoid any real damage to artists while being invaluable to preservation of culture.

I hate spotify as a company but I agree, at least in my case, a large share of my wife's income comes from spotify.