Spotify Hit with $150M Class Action Over Unpaid Royalties

Re:Spotify Hit with $150M Class Action Over Unpaid Royalties by Domenic_S on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @04:45PM (#10809283)

I continue to enjoy my Macbook, and even make money using it, but I don't keep paying Apple. I'm sure those artists don't continue to pay Fender for the instruments they use to make the songs, etc.

I don't necessarily disagree with you, just thinking out loud.

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Re:Spotify Hit with $150M Class Action Over Unpaid Royalties by akerl_ on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @04:55PM (#10809348)

I don't think anybody is arguing that you should have to pay continuously for ownership of a song you bought. But if we extend the Macbook metaphor to Spotify's case: a Spotify user didn't buy a Macbook, they're paying a subscription fee for the freedom to use a wide variety of computers, and the subscription service compensates the computer manufacturers based on how many users choose to use their model. This incentivizes creators to create good things, so that users pick their creation, so that they have income.

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Re:Spotify Hit with $150M Class Action Over Unpaid Royalties by mathetic on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @04:53PM (#10809336)

Well, if you go to your local store and buy the album, you can listen to it as many times as you want and not keep paying the artist.

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