Bloodyashes@lemm.ee to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 years agoNow you have to pay to see lyrics on spotifyi.postimg.ccimagemessage-square258fedilinkarrow-up1568arrow-down116
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 · 2 years agomessage-square258fedilink
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·2 years ago Spotify are paying musixmatch for the lyrics. musixmatch didn’t create the content either.
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 years agoIrrelevant. It’s up to musixmatch to pay the creators or supplier of their content, not Spotify.
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 years agoAh, the buygamekeys .ru approach.
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years 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-down1·2 years agoJust to sell stolen goods, huh?
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoStolen? Who stole the lyrics?
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoAnyone extracting rents on gatekeeping access to them.
minus-squareWhirlybird@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoNo one is gathering access to lyrics. Who “stole“ something here, and from who?
minus-squareFfaerieOxide@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years 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.