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Re:Spotify’s Beta Used ‘Pirate’ MP3 Files, Some from Pirate Bay by Kiro on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @10:51AM (#14308634)
Yes, if you used Spotify Beta it was very obvious. On release the library was reduced to a fragment of its former self. It was also something everyone said: "in the Beta they used the employees' MP3 libraries, that's why it used to be so good".
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Re:Spotify’s Beta Used ‘Pirate’ MP3 Files, Some from Pirate Bay by crucialfelix on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @11:29AM (#14308907)
It was amazing. A massive library of obscure releases across all genres. Merzbow box set, thousands and thousands of country LPs, music from African and Asian countries. Gradually it got whittled down to what certain labels would agree to.
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Re:Spotify’s Beta Used ‘Pirate’ MP3 Files, Some from Pirate Bay by throw52191375 on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @12:25PM (#14309452)
You can stream torrents [0], how long until someone makes a Spotify clone using torrents with a curated home page and integrated torrent search? Like Popcorntime and Netflix?

You could re-sell a one click VPN for revenue.

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Re:Spotify’s Beta Used ‘Pirate’ MP3 Files, Some from Pirate Bay by throw52191375 on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @03:13PM (#14310800)
I forgot to add links

http://butterproject.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popcorn_Time

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent

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Re:Spotify’s Beta Used ‘Pirate’ MP3 Files, Some from Pirate Bay by ravishi on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @03:09PM (#14310754)
It's been on my backlog for quite a while at this time.
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Re:Spotify’s Beta Used ‘Pirate’ MP3 Files, Some from Pirate Bay by thrownhwn on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @01:19PM (#14309856)
Can confirm. Spotify had a dedicated server at a notorious ISP that downloaded quality mp3 warez from TPB among other places. Scene people were also present at their release party.

I'm happy they succeeded. It's an awesome service built by some very skilled hackers. I wish there was a Spotify for movies and TV series too.

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Re:Spotify’s Beta Used ‘Pirate’ MP3 Files, Some from Pirate Bay by 6stringmerc on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @09:02PM (#14313158)
So did Grooveshark. But Spotify played ball with RIAA.
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