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I have to surrender m8, you might have a point there ;)

Yes, the policy practised by them simply doesn't make sence in the year of 2009.. – Xenius, on April 28, 2009 19:16

Maybe it's the record labels, maybe it's not. It could be an error within the app itself aswell..

Why should the record label allow uploading of an album unristricted, that has already been removed once, only to remove it the second time again a few weeks later due to eventual country restrictions?

This makes no sence, and doesn't neccesarily have to do with the country restriction (since it should have been restricted in Sweden already, during the uploading as most restricted albums do, and not a few weeks later, which is the case with this album).

In my oppinion, it would be very interesting for a Spotify employee to look into this specific case, as it might well expose a bug in the restriction/uploading procedure.

Just my 5 cents..

M8, nobody is blaming Spotify- It's the exact oppsoite ;) – Xenius, on March 06, 2009 21:50

GREAT! Thanks m8 ;)

Some very good and intereseting comments.

This is whats get me puzzled: Why are the label companies interested in this utterly complex restriction of their albums, when they have a golden oppurtunity to enter the digital market with a truly great concept ?

I am not an angel. I have bought a lot of music through time, but have also downloaded some illegaly, i am not justifying this, but there is an interesting thruth:

I havent illegaly downloaded one single song since i became a Premium customer at Spotify. Even though a certain track/album havent been available in Spotify, i have thought "well, i just listen to it when it gets available in Spotify". Havent bothered downloading it illegaly, even though it would take just a few clicks with the mouse.

So appearently Spotify facilitates a "cultural" change when it comes to the distribution of digital media, it facilitates the thought "why be a pirate" which for me, no other concept has done before

And since the label companies have yelled crywolf about piracy for so long , why in earth would they miss a golden opputunity like this when it finally comes to them ? Insted of grabbing it, and let it grow, so new opportunities, new subscription plans, new ways of making money becomes available over time ?

As i see it, they have a very dedicated team at their "service" working 24 hours to satisfy both the users and labels. Why not make use of this great advantage presented to them, instead of slowly killing it, and the spirit of Spotify, with all kind of stupid restrictions (and no, i am not a rocket scientist, but restricting a certain song, to a certain part of the world is in my oppinion UTTERLY stupid in the year of 2009..) ?

They are just comprimising the trustworthiness of Spotify trough their stupid maze of "digital rights".

I believe, that all this will have one outcome at the end: People will eventually get back to achiev "their" music the easy way: through piracy.

Why ? Because piracy is global. Piracy dont care about if you live in the Uk or Sweden. They offer equal rights to all the users.

Sad to realize, that the pirates (myself?) have understood what the label companies still miss out on: It's time to think globally, think "out of the box".

Yup, wondered about this one too :)

Ahh... ok! That explains it then. Thanks for getting back so quick. Appreciated!

I really must say that the great feedback, keeps me addicted to this great piece of software, and finding myself very involved everytime news are announced.

Yup!

Yes, you need an application called "Airfoil", and it works like a charm ;)

http://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/

Hello Andres,

We will keep our fingers crossed then. The parola should be "music without boundries" ;)

I really do love Spotify, since it has totally changed my music habits, so it would be superb if the restrictions was lifted.

Airfoil combined with an Apple Airport works flawlessly for me ;)

I must agree.. It seems like the removal still goes on.. Would be nice with a comment from one of the officials ?

I really do hope this whole restriction mess will get solved in a way that will benefit us users, and thereby also the very same label companies that imposes them.

In the digital age, it is really a very strange way of censoring music.