mzl's dashboard

mzl started following the question "How do I get the desktop icon installed." in Spotify.

mzl started following the problem "Metallica is NOT in Spotify, so erase them from there!" in Spotify.

mzl started following the question "Display track names in facebook links" in Spotify.

mzl marked one of Steve the milk's replies in Spotify as useful. Steve the milk replied to the question "Does anyone want an invite?".

mzl started following the question "libspotify: How know when user have zero playlists?" in Spotify.

mzl marked one of Andres' replies in Spotify as useful. Andres replied to the question "when is an update coming to iphone with more features?".

mzl started following the question "when is an update coming to iphone with more features?" in Spotify.

mzl started following the question "Libspotify Compilation Error "expected primary-expression before '.' token"" in Spotify.

mzl started following the question "Spotify strangles my internet connection." in Spotify.

mzl started following the problem "Synch/Update problem on iPhone!" in Spotify.

mzl started following the idea "Playlist links to band overview page, with top 5 tracks etc." in Spotify.

mzl started following the idea ""Half-collaborative" playlists and stats" in Spotify.

mzl marked one of Andres' replies in Spotify as useful. Andres replied to the question "how do i delete an album?". mzl and 2 other people think it's one of the best replies.

mzl started following the idea "Quality of Music on Spotify Mobile" in Spotify.

mzl marked one of Andres' replies in Spotify as useful. Andres replied to the idea "Listen to Spotify while doing other stuff on your iPhone".

mzl marked one of Andreas' replies in Spotify as useful. Andreas replied to the question "iPhone sound quality only 160kb/s bitrate, not 320kb/s?".

mzl started following the problem "unable to select high bitrate" in Spotify.

mzl started following the idea "Make iPhone headphone remote buttons work with Spotify" in Spotify.

mzl started following the problem "Iron Maiden Duplicate Album" in Spotify.

A comment on the question "Spotify may be great, but how did my music get there and is anyone planning on paying me for it?" in Spotify:

The whole world is built on a system of trust. If it wasn't then it would be almost impossible to function in society. As an example (valid in Sweden at least, but just to illustrate the point), children would not be allowed to use their weekly allowance to buy a piece of candy on a saturday, since they do not have the legal right to enter a transaction by themselves. The store has to trust, based on common practice and reason, that a child may enter a store on a saturday with a small amount of money, and proudly buy their own candy. Asking the child to get their parents to confirm the purchase, and asking for identification and a certificate of parenthood to make sure that they really are the childs parents would be cruel, unjust, and plain silly. Common practice and reason are a valid legal defense in this case.

There is no reason to believe that a large, world-wide distributor would knowingly distribute music that it does not have have the right to distribute. If such a distributor exists, then it will surely be sued out of existence by the artists.

It is fully conceivable though that such things may occur by mistake, and it really would not a big deal if it happens in a few cases since it is so easily rectified. It is even more understandable that a distributor and an artist might have a different opinion on the kind of agreement that they have, but that is an issue for artists choosing their distributor IMHO.

Cheers – mzl, on September 16, 2009 13:57