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Comments on: Spotify could become the best music service ever

When Spotify fills the big-name gaps in its catalog, it'll blow every other online music service away.

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by knowles2 February 24, 2009 5:21 PM PST

When we get Hulu you can have Spotify. Fair deal.

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by Seaspray0 February 24, 2009 10:13 PM PST: Fair by me. Mutual cooperation, then?; Like this


by knowles2 February 26, 2009 4:17 PM PST: yep.; Like this


by darkmagshin June 21, 2009 12:47 PM PDT: hell, i'd trade hulu for spotify any day! trust me though, hulu sucks. ur not missing anything...; Like this


by MattRosoff February 24, 2009 5:26 PM PST: I'd gladly make that trade, as there's no TV I couldn't live without.; Like this Reply to this comment


by karpenterskids February 24, 2009 6:49 PM PST: *moves to a European country*

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by kirtle February 24, 2009 11:43 PM PST: Spotify stopped being invite only about 2 weeks ago. There are audio advertisements, but they only come round every half an hour or so and last for about 30 seconds.
It's great.; Like this Reply to this comment


by February 25, 2009 4:02 AM PST: There is a slight mistake in your article thoug: in the UK anyone can join the free service - no invitation is necessary.

And the service is absoultely brilliant. I am using it in the UK this very minute and for free - just a 15 second add every half hour or so. I haven't used iTunes since I installed it...; Like this Reply to this comment


by daveturnley February 25, 2009 8:25 AM PST: Jonny Greenwood is hoping it improves.

http://radiohead.com/deadairspace/index.php?a=457; Like this Reply to this comment

by redjet3 February 25, 2009 6:29 PM PST

How did you get that if you are in the US, I have a code and I want to use it so badly, but of course, Spotify is not available in the US. If you are in the US, PLEASE tell me how you registered!

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by knowles2 February 26, 2009 4:17 PM PST: He probably use a proxy server based in europe to access the server. The spotify would of identified he ip address as being base in Europe instead of Europe.; Like this


by February 28, 2009 9:35 AM PST: it is not so much the business model of the subscription based service but the method of streaming vs. downloading. the main problem with streaming services is the necessary dealmaking with national royality collecting societies. one solution would be package deals with large providers. (aka cultural flatrate) another micropayment schemes like lala.com which you failed to mention. finally there are models like myspace music and last.fm which focus on the social element of a direct contact between artist and listener. finally, the itunes/torrents download empire begins to shake, the more downloading will be replaced with streaming from the cloud. but this is still far away from a full replacement of what radio has to offer if it wouldnt be run by clear channel and the likes.; Like this Reply to this comment


by leeman10 April 23, 2009 8:13 AM PDT: We are really excited to announce that we are now providing content to spotify.
So if you are an unsigned artist looking to get your music on spotify get in touch!
We cover a total of 700 stores
www.dittomusic.com

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