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Spotify hit with $1.6B copyright lawsuit

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Re: Spotify hit with $1.6B copyright lawsuit

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Post by thomastjeffery »

794CD01 wrote: post #28
thomastjeffery wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which is evidence that copyright hold back innovation.

That doesn't make it okay to flaunt the law, Travis.

I'm not arguing with that, but overbearing laws like this are a serious problem, and that needs to be discussed.

Re: Spotify hit with $1.6B copyright lawsuit

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Post by danso »

donarb wrote: post #18

This article adds a bit more context. Spotify claims that Wixen is overstepping their authority as music licensors and suing on behalf of clients who have not given Wixen that authority. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/spotify-hit-16-bil...

Reminds me of the 2010s, when a company named RightHaven was hired by media companies to sue bloggers/message boards upon finding copies or excerpts of news articles. Ostensibly Righthaven had the authority of the clients, but were ruled as not having the legal standing to sue https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Righthaven

Re: Spotify hit with $1.6B copyright lawsuit

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Post by RIMR »

gkoberger wrote: post #34
sp332 wrote: post #2

At the bottom of the article is says "SPONSORED". But I can't find who sponsored it? Edit: Ok thanks for the screenshots. I disabled my adblocker but they're still not showing up. Probably just something broken.

For anyone concerned, there's nothing to worry about! This specific article isn't directly sponsored. It's just a generic ad network at the bottom that's 'SPONSORED'.

Ah, I see. My ad blocker blocked the ads, but kept the word "Sponsored" just floating around with no context.

Re: Spotify hit with $1.6B copyright lawsuit

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Post by thomastjeffery »

ben_jones wrote: post #27

* Tinfoil hat * Large music labels prefer revenue/relationships with Apple and Apple music and will use their monopoly to hurt or ruin competitors like Spotify.

They really don't care who, they only care about squeezing every penny they can out of copyright.

Re: Spotify hit with $1.6B copyright lawsuit

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Post by sharpercoder »

794CD01 wrote: post #28
thomastjeffery wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which is evidence that copyright hold back innovation.

That doesn't make it okay to flaunt the law, Travis.

Copyright solve a problem. When the solution becomes the problem, following the law absolutely becomes problematic.

Re: Spotify hit with $1.6B copyright lawsuit

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Post by underwater »

oceanghost wrote: post #37
turc1656 wrote: post #14

This doesn't shock me at all. I recall a while back reading how Spotify allegedly started their service with downloads from The Pirate Bay: https://torrentfreak.com/spotifys-beta-used-pirate-mp3-files...

It is my belief that their library was in some portion built by exflitrating data from user's computers. I have an enormous collection of lossless audio and noticed it using lots of bandwidth. The desktop versions insist on loading when the machine boots, and use subsantial amounts of bandwidth/memory at idle.

Spotify uses (or used?) peer to peer technology for streaming.

Re: Spotify hit with $1.6B copyright lawsuit

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Post by mehly »

thomastjeffery wrote: post #26
turc1656 wrote: post #14

This doesn't shock me at all. I recall a while back reading how Spotify allegedly started their service with downloads from The Pirate Bay: https://torrentfreak.com/spotifys-beta-used-pirate-mp3-files...

Which is evidence that copyright hold back innovation.

Said no music artist ever.
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