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Re:Spotify is second largest source of revenue in Europe for... by kleiba on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @06:35AM (#2197123)
Spotify is not available in Germany. Neither is Pandora.
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Re:Spotify is second largest source of revenue in Europe for... by mzl on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @08:22AM (#2197307)
That is most likely due to GEMA (the german collection agency) having very high fees for internet streaming. Same problem in Denmark with their collection agency.
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Re:Spotify is second largest source of revenue in Europe for... by DrJokepu on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @12:54PM (#2198446)
Exactly. GEMA charges a minimum of €0.1916 ($0.2626) for each streaming of a song up to five minutes. Compare that to the £0.0022 ($0.0035) charged by PRS for Music, the equivalent performing rights collection society in the United Kingdom.
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