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Re:Pirate Bay Founder: ‘I Have Given Up’ (2015) by tinus_hn on Thursday April 13, 2017 @11:27AM (#14107779)
Spotify wouldn't have existed if the music companies' hand hadn't been forced by piracy.
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Re:Pirate Bay Founder: ‘I Have Given Up’ (2015) by toast0 on Thursday April 13, 2017 @11:39AM (#14107913)
Spotify is basically launchcast, but with more customers, and launched 7 years later. Internet based music piracy and personalized radio came into popular availability at around the same time, because people started having connections fast enough to download or stream songs.
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Re:Pirate Bay Founder: ‘I Have Given Up’ (2015) by xanderstrike on Thursday April 13, 2017 @11:47AM (#14107988)
Spotify succeeded where others failed because the RIAA basically picked it as a winner.
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