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Until it is.

• mtgx 14y ago
  Until the labels stop taking the vast majority of profits from these services to allow them to be profitable. http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/pandora-and-spotify-rake-in-the-money-and-then-send-it-off-in-royalties/ http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/pandora-and... There was a post about it from Spotify, too, but I can't find it now.
  • dchuk 14y ago
    but they won't do that, because they have and always will be a leaching industry. Any new revenue stream that emerges they're going to frantically latch onto.
    • b1daly 14y ago
      In what sense are the labels a leaching industry given that they put up a major proportion of the resources to produce the "content?" Spotify is a straight up middle man, what value do they really add?