[phirschybar]

> And Spotify has zero negotiation power here

really? with their endless amount of listener history and preference data. IMHO Spotify has gained the upper hand.

[bogomipz]

How does endless amount of listener history and preference data give them the upper hand? That data wouldn't exist if they weren't able to license content.

[JonFish85]

Google and Apple have that too -- YouTube and iTunes have been around longer than Spotify, and likely have similar data sets.