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A new report looking into online music consumption habits shows that since 2009 the number of people who pirate music has dropped by 25 percent in Sweden. The sharp decrease coincides with a massive interest for the music streaming service Spotify. One of the main reasons why people switch to legal services is the wider range of material they can find there.

Today the music streaming application Spotify announced that it will be available to U.S. users soon. When Spotify launched their first beta in the fall of 2008, we branded it “an alternative to music piracy.” Having the option to stream millions of tracks supported by an occasional ad, or free of ads for a small [...]

For years the music industry has seen P2P technology as the single biggest threat, claiming that file-sharers are responsible for billions of dollars in losses. However, P2P technology is also part of the music industry’s future. One of the major revelations in the music business, the streaming service Spotify, is actually one of the largest file-sharing networks on the Internet.

The popular music streaming application Spotify will soon be integrated with Facebook. With Ludvig Strigeus, the creator of uTorrent, as one of the main engineers from the start Spotify has established itself as a major player in the music industry. Needless to say, a deal with Facebook can only boost its popularity even more. Forbes [...]

Here we go again. In 2009 there was a major discussion about Spotify’s ability to earn artists money. Lady Gaga complained to Spotify about her revenues, and others rightfully pointed out that it may be the labels (with a stake in Spotify) who hold back the cash. Two years have passed by and the industry [...]

Oxford University has decided to ban the music streaming application Spotify because it uses P2P technology. Although Spotify is completely legal, the University has banned the application because the underlying P2P technology allegedly turns it into a bandwidth hog.

A few days ago we reported that Lady Gaga earned a measly $167 for more than a million plays on the music streaming service, Spotify. According to new information received from music industry insiders, it turns out that Spotify isn’t ripping off the artists, the labels are.