[blake8086]

You are describing the classic example of a parasite that is so virulent it kills its host.

A more pragmatic music label will charge as much in license fees as they possibly can without killing Spotify.

[rudiger]

But... Spotify is the parasite and the record labels are the host.

[muhfuhkuh]

Spotify is a parasite with a captive audience of opportunistic feeders that funnel "nutrients" back to both them and, subsequently, the host.

It's not parasitism, it's symbiosis.