Bloodyashes@lemm.ee to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 jaar geledenNow you have to pay to see lyrics on spotifyi.postimg.ccimagemessage-square258fedilinkarrow-up1567arrow-down116cross-posted to: wolnyinternet@szmer.info
arrow-up1551arrow-down1imageNow you have to pay to see lyrics on spotifyi.postimg.ccBloodyashes@lemm.ee to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 jaar geledenmessage-square258fedilinkcross-posted to: wolnyinternet@szmer.info
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 jaar geleden Spotify are paying musixmatch for the lyrics. musixmatch didn’t create the content either.
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 jaar geledenIrrelevant. It’s up to musixmatch to pay the creators or supplier of their content, not Spotify.
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 jaar geledenAh, the buygamekeys .ru approach.
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 jaar geledenIt’s not up to Spotify to pay the wages of the company that provides a paid service to them.
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 jaar geledenJust to sell stolen goods, huh?
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 jaar geledenStolen? Who stole the lyrics?
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 jaar geledenAnyone extracting rents on gatekeeping access to them.
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 jaar geledenNo one is gathering access to lyrics. Who “stole“ something here, and from who?
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 jaar geleden No one is gathering access to lyrics. I never said they were. The verb I used was gatekeeping. You know, like how Spotify locks access to them behind a paywall. The exact thing I just described.
musixmatch didn’t create the content either.
Irrelevant. It’s up to musixmatch to pay the creators or supplier of their content, not Spotify.
Ah, the buygamekeys .ru approach.
It’s not up to Spotify to pay the wages of the company that provides a paid service to them.
Just to sell stolen goods, huh?
Stolen? Who stole the lyrics?
Anyone extracting rents on gatekeeping access to them.
No one is gathering access to lyrics.
Who “stole“ something here, and from who?
I never said they were. The verb I used was gatekeeping.
You know, like how Spotify locks access to them behind a paywall. The exact thing I just described.