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This is just some really neat reverse-engineering research using Spotify as an example. He doesn't want to harm Spotify. Also, DRM is not necessarily intrinsic

This is just some really neat reverse-engineering research using Spotify as an example. He doesn't want to harm Spotify. Also, DRM is not necessarily intrinsically linked with payment. For example, people release DRM-free games on the Humble Bundles, and they make millions for charity. There are some business models that don't work well without it, yes (Spotify's particular model of streaming, for example), but plenty that don't need any DRM at all (digital radio stations, for example).

Perseids 12y ago
> There are some business models that don't work well without it, yes (Spotify's particular model of streaming, for example) I would even argue that Spotify only needs to include DRM to pacify the labels it has deals with. Because you can get basically any specific mainstream song via Youtube and if you want to have huge collections of some music genre there are torrents for that, too. The main selling point of Spotify is its implicit promise of rewarding the authors and the comfort of music selection it offers.