Bloodyashes@lemm.ee to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agoNow you have to pay to see lyrics on spotifyi.postimg.ccimagemessage-square256fedilinkarrow-up1568arrow-down116cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1552arrow-down1imageNow you have to pay to see lyrics on spotifyi.postimg.ccBloodyashes@lemm.ee to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square256fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year ago Spotify are paying musixmatch for the lyrics. musixmatch didn’t create the content either.
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoIrrelevant. It’s up to musixmatch to pay the creators or supplier of their content, not Spotify.
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoAh, the buygamekeys .ru approach.
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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-down1·1 year agoJust to sell stolen goods, huh?
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoStolen? Who stole the lyrics?
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoAnyone extracting rents on gatekeeping access to them.
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoNo one is gathering access to lyrics. Who “stole“ something here, and from who?
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year ago 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.