The legitimacy of free music streaming service du jour Spotify had been in some doubt, but now it seems that the Performing Rights Society have decreed it totally legal. Read on for the details.
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Music streaming just got a lot cheaper: the Performing Rights Society (PRS) has slashed its royalty charges by more than half to get the likes of Pandora and YouTube back to the table.
Last.fm could soon disappear if the music industry doesn’t sort out its licensing agreements, says its founder Martin Stiksel. He fears pirates will dominate online music if record labels, artists and websites don’t work together instead of battling for the best deal. Could pirates be on the verge of truly conquering online music? Last.fm thinks so, and it’s not alone.