[sharperguy]

As a consumer why would I pay spotify $15 a month for ripped off content that doesn't even go to the artist, when I can just paypal my favourite artists $5 now and again, giving them infinitely more revenue from me than spotify does even now, while I torrent/share/sample/remix/cover their entire collection?

[sojuz151]

For convince? There is a single app with all the music, recommendations, and everything. Also, Spotify would be far cheaper. Most people would just use the app with the biggest catalogue, and not a single dime would go to the artists.

[sharperguy]

Currently due to copyright enforcement, alternative distribution methods such as torrenting are being made as inconvenient as possible to use. If legal enforcement was relaxed, there would quite quickly be some really nice convenient apps and probably a healthy level of competition and interoperability.

[iwontberude]

Unfortunate not convince

[johnnyanmac]

>why would I pay spotify $15 a month for ripped off content that doesn't even go to the artist

because if you listen to more than 3 artists, the ripoffs are cheaper. And as is, Spotify has original music but barely pays the artist.

Sad fact is that very few people care about who is behind the art they consume. Maybe they care about celebrity gossip, but that's it.

>while I torrent/share/sample/remix/cover their entire collection?

under this theoretical system, the 90-9-1 rule applies. Very few people will bother producing their own music, so the worries of pirating is way bigger than non-corporations remixing/covering

[chrismcb]

You can do that... But it isn't easy, for you nor for the artist.