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Re:Netflix is getting huge, but can it get great? by toast0 on Thursday February 15, 2018 @12:30AM (#16382132)
Spotify is a music service with the background of compulsory licensing. If we had compulsory licensing for motion pictures, the landscape would be a lot different.
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Re:Netflix is getting huge, but can it get great? by ggg9990 on Thursday February 15, 2018 @01:18AM (#16382267)
Only the publishing is compulsory license. The performance is not — if Spotify wanted to carry Taylor Swift songs against her wishes, it would need to hire a musician to re-record the tracks.
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Re:Netflix is getting huge, but can it get great? by toast0 on Thursday February 15, 2018 @02:10AM (#16382387)
Can't they carry anything that was released commercially under the non-interactive rules if they play it in the Radio portion, or a 'Taylor Swift Fan station? I agree they wouldn't be able to play it for on demand without a bilateral agreement.
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Re:Netflix is getting huge, but can it get great? by rainbowmverse on Thursday February 15, 2018 @10:27AM (#16384753)
I think they're already moving this way. Most of the things in my "Discover Weekly" for the last several months have been covers of popular songs. I haven't opened Spotify in weeks. When I want music these days, I go to Bandcamp.
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