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Re:Spotify launches in the US by sambeau on Thursday July 14, 2011 @09:49AM (#2762986)
Agreed. As I recall small labels started removing themselves as they weren't making any money from it.
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Re:Spotify launches in the US by gmac on Thursday July 14, 2011 @11:10AM (#2763355)
Hmm. I wonder if they were making money from it indirectly, though. I use Spotify mainly as a try-before-you-buy service, and I wouldn't be suprised if others did too.
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Re:Spotify launches in the US by seabee on Thursday July 14, 2011 @11:21AM (#2763418)
From their POV it's only marginally more profitable than piracy. Thus I expect the attitudes to be similar (and varying between artists).
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Re:Spotify launches in the US by sambeau on Thursday July 14, 2011 @11:21AM (#2763414)
True. I have on a number of occasions tried on Spotify and bought on iTunes.
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