Show HN: Bop.fm (YC S13) iOS App – Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud in One Music App

Re:Show HN: Bop.fm (YC S13) iOS App – Spotify, YouTube, Soun... by martingordon on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @01:36PM (#8724664)

Enjoy it while you can. I don't see this being up for very long since this type of app is expressly forbidden in Spotify's Developer Terms of Use[1]:

> Integration with Third Party Services. You shall not create any product or service by integrating the Spotify Platform, Spotify Service, or Spotify Content with (i) any non-interactive internet webcasting service or (ii) with streams from another service.

[1]: https://developer.spotify.com/developer-terms-of-use/

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Re:Show HN: Bop.fm (YC S13) iOS App – Spotify, YouTube, Soun... by Kudos on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @02:38PM (#8725120)

You can add Beats Music[0] to that list:

> you SHALL NOT [...] locally store, cache, and/or aggregate any data, including audio content, obtained through the Beats Music APIs.

I was worried about how my new side project[1] might be viewed to breach these terms, but these guys are taking the piss. Is it a case of why ask for permission when you can ask for forgiveness? Is that how it got past the Y Combinator people?

[0]: https://developer.beatsmusic.com/tos [1]: https://match.audio

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Re:Show HN: Bop.fm (YC S13) iOS App – Spotify, YouTube, Soun... by jaytong on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @07:39PM (#8726879)

Sharp point. If the only relationship we had with Spotify was the one dictated by their public API TOS, then yes, we wouldn't be in accord.

However, thankfully we have agreements and relationships in place with all the music services that enable us to do what we do. This is because we serve as a marketing channel for the music services, helping them acquire new subscribers in ways they can't do easily themselves.

EDIT: Applies to all of our partnered music services.

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