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Re:Spotify has shut down several API endpoints by wkat4242 on Thursday November 28, 2024 @07:30AM (#42264757)
Spotify is from Sweden, not Switzerland.

And they didn't start with illegal MP3s. They did have an ad-supported free tier from the start though. But it was not illegal. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotify

I think it's napster you're thinking of. That was an illegal sharing platform and now a mediocre paid service.

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Re:Spotify has shut down several API endpoints by jfim on Thursday November 28, 2024 @08:36AM (#42265151)
It might be Grooveshark that they're thinking of, it was notorious for quickly reuploading content that was taken down by DMCA requests: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grooveshark
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Re:Spotify has shut down several API endpoints by crtasm on Thursday November 28, 2024 @10:33AM (#42265944)
Were the claims made in 2017 shown to be false? I haven't yet read the book - how widely accessible was the beta?

https://torrentfreak.com/spotifys-beta-used-pirate-mp3-files...

https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/4136/Spotify-TeardownInsid...

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Re:Spotify has shut down several API endpoints by herbst on Saturday November 30, 2024 @04:10AM (#42280515)
No idea where Spotify is from. My point was we didn't need it here in Switzerland as much as collecting music from the internet was a normal and legal thing long before that.
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