Bloodyashes@lemm.ee to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 lata temuNow you have to pay to see lyrics on spotifyi.postimg.ccimagemessage-square293fedilinkarrow-up1567arrow-down116cross-posted to: wolnyinternet
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 · 2 lata temumessage-square293fedilinkcross-posted to: wolnyinternet
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·2 lata temu Spotify are paying musixmatch for the lyrics. musixmatch didn’t create the content either.
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 lata temuIrrelevant. It’s up to musixmatch to pay the creators or supplier of their content, not Spotify.
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 lata temuAh, the buygamekeys .ru approach.
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 lata temuIt’s not up to Spotify to pay the wages of the company that provides a paid service to them.
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 lata temuJust to sell stolen goods, huh?
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 lata temuStolen? Who stole the lyrics?
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 lata temuAnyone extracting rents on gatekeeping access to them.
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 lata temuNo one is gathering access to lyrics. Who “stole“ something here, and from who?
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 lata temu 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.