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Spotify's Beta Used 'Pirate' MP3 Files, Some From Pirate Bay (torrentfreak.com)
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[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

To paraphrase an impeached president:

When a corporation does it, it's not illegal.

Edit: corrected the impeachment status of the president making the quote.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

my comment is now irrelevant because the previous comment fixed the mistakeimpeached yes.

convicted no.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago

Yeah sorry. I saw your comment and edited mine and forgot to add the "edit" reason. My bad.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 32 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Note: article is from 2017

Edit: here's the follow-up from later that year: Spotify Threatened Researchers Who Revealed ‘Pirate’ History

[–] phx@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Google also seems to pad their library with stuff uploaded to YouTube, which I'm pretty sure includes stuff not uploaded by authorized individuals.

Music streaming services are crooked AF

[–] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Correction. The RIAA is crooked as fuck.

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

Well yeah, Spotify was invented in Sweden, home of Pirate Bay and the Pirate Party. To cite one article about the service: "Developed to bridge the gap between illegal file sharing innovation and a behind-the-times record industry, Spotify is conducting a delicate balancing act."

[–] bremen15@feddit.org 1 points 5 months ago

Not true, the mp3 came all from direct connect.