www.spotify.com - live streaming music program
+ live streaming music
+ spotify believes its application is a compelling legal alternative to audio piracy
+ works within a program instead of in a browser
+ emphasis on sharing music -w tih friends, facebook, twitter, windows live
+ add local files from other software such as itunes
+ spotify social allows you to import facebook friends and post music you are listening to, to the facebook feed
+ collabarate playlists with friend so more than one person can edit tracks
+ 3 different subscriptions: free, unlimited (£4.99 per month) and premium (£9.99 per month)
+ free subscription uses advertisements to earn revenue
+ offline mode available on unlimited and premium, allows users to listen without internet connection on chosen tracks/playlists
+ phone application available on premium, which allows the users to listen to their spoityf music on the go
+ option to purchase tracks from online music store 7digital (affliate program - spotify earns commission by users buying tracks)
+ artist radio and related artists show recommendations based on what you are listening to (similar to last.fm)
+ atists can add their music to spotify and earn commision on each time a user plays the track. Spotify holds information about each played track and its user to help the artist with marketing.
+ unsigned bands can still add their music to spotify, but need to upload their music to an artist aggregator first. They help the artist license their music to online music services such as Spotify.
Spotify says:
"It’s thanks to our relationship with record labels, publishers and collecting societies that we’re able to make so much music available. They send us music, we upload it to our servers and then make it available to everyone using Spotify"
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