Thursday, April 14, 2011

Spotify severely limits its free music service

Spotify, a broadcasting services streamed music the most popular, announced on Thursday significant limitations in its free version, which no longer allow users a limited number of plays. New users of the free version of the program will not listen to them more than one song five times, and their total playing time per month will be capped at ten beyond the first six months of registration.

Until now, plays on Spotify were not limited, and the playing time per month was twofold. The free formula is funded by advertising, while offering with subscription offers unlimited plays and without advertising. DIFFICULTIES OF A MODEL-time earned by artists and music publishers as a solution to the crisis of the disc and a cure for illegal downloading, streaming sites are increasingly the subject of criticism from artists who believe that revenues generated by these sites are very low.

"The streaming system Deezer, officially endorsed by SACEM and Adami, it's daylight robbery. 100 000 If you click on the title of an artist, the artist will receive € 2" estimated, for example, guitarist Serge Teyssot Gaydans an interview with Southwest. For their part, streaming services are struggling to achieve financial equilibrium, and argue that the multiplicity of catalogs and advances required by law on the record companies are jeopardizing their model.

Despite renewed interest caused by the introduction of Internet Piracy, some sites have closed: Jiwa, a pioneering services, has filed for bankruptcy last year.

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