Re:Spotify hit the 10 million users milestone
by michael_dorfman on Wednesday September 15, 2010 @07:35AM
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Why is that "a big if"?
They seem to have good contracts with all of the major record labels.
And, the artists like it too. Some musicians here in Norway are reporting that they are now receiving more money from Spotify than they are from iTunes.
I don't have any doubt that they've got things under control on the rights side.
Re:Spotify hit the 10 million users milestone
by Raphael on Wednesday September 15, 2010 @08:03AM
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Apparently labels have been ripping off artist compensation from streaming. http://torrentfreak.com/spotify-isnt-ripping-off-artists-the...
Re:Spotify hit the 10 million users milestone
by bond on Wednesday September 15, 2010 @08:03AM
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I think he means regarding the US...
Re:Spotify hit the 10 million users milestone
by michael_dorfman on Wednesday September 15, 2010 @10:25AM
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But if Spotify has successfully negotiated rights with the labels in the UK, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, France and Spain, is there any reason to suspect that they won't be able to reach an agreement with those same labels in the US?
Re:Spotify hit the 10 million users milestone
by mzl on Thursday September 16, 2010 @04:35AM
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Since Spotify hasn't launched in the US yet, I would guess that the negotiations are not really going forward. Daniel Ek said in an interview that they hoped to launch in the US soon, and that was more than a year ago.
The service just do everything right (and apparently have no problem with agreeing on a model with FB)
I think it is very likely spotify will be huge if they can get their rights issues managed (yes that's perhaps a big if)