[gmac]

Hmm. I wonder if they were making money from it indirectly, though. I use Spotify mainly as a try-before-you-buy service, and I wouldn't be suprised if others did too.

[seabee]

From their POV it's only marginally more profitable than piracy. Thus I expect the attitudes to be similar (and varying between artists).

[sambeau]

True. I have on a number of occasions tried on Spotify and bought on iTunes.