Bloodyashes@lemm.ee to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 10 months agoNow you have to pay to see lyrics on spotifyi.postimg.ccimagemessage-square259fedilinkarrow-up1563arrow-down116
arrow-up1547arrow-down1imageNow you have to pay to see lyrics on spotifyi.postimg.ccBloodyashes@lemm.ee to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square259fedilink
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-210 months ago Spotify is receiving money for something they did not create. Spotify are paying musixmatch for the lyrics.
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·10 months ago Spotify are paying musixmatch for the lyrics. musixmatch didn’t create the content either.
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-210 months agoIrrelevant. It’s up to musixmatch to pay the creators or supplier of their content, not Spotify.
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·10 months agoAh, the buygamekeys .ru approach.
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoIt’s not up to Spotify to pay the wages of the company that provides a paid service to them.
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoJust to sell stolen goods, huh?
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoStolen? Who stole the lyrics?
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoAnyone extracting rents on gatekeeping access to them.
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-210 months agoNo one is gathering access to lyrics. Who “stole“ something here, and from who?
Spotify are paying musixmatch for the lyrics.
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?