Hello! A thought occurred to me at work today.
This post is going to rely on a familiarity with the program Spotify, and how it works. For the uninitiated, it is a music streaming service that supports itself with ad revenue for non-paying customers, and a subscription for paying customers, which rids you of restrictions.
Now, onto the dilemma.
If you pay for a Spotify subscription, what is the moral objection to downloading an album that is already on Spotify? I don't see why you'd want to if you are paying for the service, but still.
The dilemma of course hinges on the fact that you delete the album before the subscription runs out, and that you have pirated the music in a fashion that ensured that you did not share it with others.
I can't find any information on Spotify's website on artist royalties are paid based on the number of listens, which if it's true would of course be the answer to the question.
This post is going to rely on a familiarity with the program Spotify, and how it works. For the uninitiated, it is a music streaming service that supports itself with ad revenue for non-paying customers, and a subscription for paying customers, which rids you of restrictions.
Now, onto the dilemma.
If you pay for a Spotify subscription, what is the moral objection to downloading an album that is already on Spotify? I don't see why you'd want to if you are paying for the service, but still.
The dilemma of course hinges on the fact that you delete the album before the subscription runs out, and that you have pirated the music in a fashion that ensured that you did not share it with others.
I can't find any information on Spotify's website on artist royalties are paid based on the number of listens, which if it's true would of course be the answer to the question.
