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The article makes it sound like he's only buying proven songs, meaning they already have distribution. Also, as Napster, Pirate Bay and now Spotify have shown,
by m12k 7y ago
The article makes it sound like he's only buying proven songs, meaning they already have distribution. Also, as Napster, Pirate Bay and now Spotify have shown, distribution really is trivial - what he's buying is the right to restrict legal distribution.
- JumpCrisscross 7y ago> as Napster, Pirate Bay and now Spotify have shown, distribution really is trivial Spotify is a multi-billion dollar company. I’m not sure what it does is trivial. On buying proven content, that still increases competition on the buy side for that content. The decoupling of distribution and content acquisition still happens, and makes the top end of the market pricier. That, in turn, means more money to the lower end, et cetera.
- kowalakian 7y agoSpotify is a music player. This is a commodity industry.
- look_lookatme 7y agoThey are saying distribution is trivial from a technical perspective. Acquiring the rights to distribute profitably is non trivial, of course.