Spotify Officially Legal
Written by Serena Obhrai on June 8, 2009 · Filed under Internet, Software, Tech
In January we brought you news of Spotify; a free and very easy way to stream music straight to your computer using the magical powers contained within the internet. Samknows Broadband queried this idea of this sought after company and has finally come back with the treasure.
It turns out that the ad-based streaming website is officially, and most importantly legally, allowed to operate within the UK, after talks with the Performing Rights Society. It isn’t exactly known how much individual artists receive by users surfing on Spotify, but it’s safe to say that the artists are at least being recognised and rewarded.
Spotify was launched sometime in late 2008 and was available for public use in February 2009. Despite only being around for mere months, it has taken off extremely well – and I, for one, am glad that it hasn’t been shut down. It’s finally a good thing for people to start realising that more and more people are spending most of their time online, finding all the hip and trendy places to watch, listen and be a part of the rest of the world.
If you’re not that familiar with Spotify yet, you should probably get yourself acquainted, as it appears to be getting larger day-by-day. In layman’s terms, it’s a free music service that allows you to listen to pretty much whatever you want on the spot, with very little delays, if any, for buffering. You can’t save the music, but for a service that’s free I don’t think you can complain. Some users are getting quite annoyed with the constant usage of ads on the website, but there is also a subscription model in place for those who are close to scratching their eyes out.
Users can easily set up playlists and share them with friends – for this purpose the playlist link can directly be dragged into an email or an instant messaging window and like your average links, these playlist ones can be used everywhere. The same principle also applies to single tracks, which can be dragged and dropped on applications and websites however you please. There are also a number of websites for sharing of Spotify playlists and songs, for example Spotyshare, Spotylist and ShareMyPlaylists, where users can share, rate and download them.
Get on the bandwagon, folks!
Via – TechRadar
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