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How Music Labels are Stifling Spotify

December 12, 2011 at 4:22 pm Stacy Huggins Leave a comment

The music industry is still at it.  Just when we thought the music labels were ready to accept the inevitable and start cooperating with the free music sharing services, their secret demands are revealed.  In some great reporting by GigaOm, the terms that the music labels have drawn up are brought to light.  Their terms will apparently never allow for music sharing sites like Spotify to turn a profit.

Technology has changed the way we consume and share music.  We’ve gone from a push economy to a user-curated pull economy.  But, since the days of Napster the labels have been fighting against the wants of the user and ultimately, the inevitable.  We thought they had begun to surrender.  But, after a closer look it appears they could still be trying to prevent the changing tide.

Read more about the push to pull user economy here.

More details on the secret demands of the music labels here. 

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