The Dodgy Ethics of Using Spotify

by Sean NelsonSomething for everyone... who isn't a recording artist.
Despite and because of its popularity, utility, and deep catalog, Spotify typifies the best and worst elements of the internet. Earlier today, Pitchfork released How to Be a Responsible Music Fan in the Age of Spotify, a short video (below) that details the finer points of how a service with 140 million active users and 70 million paid subscribers is essentially a corporation-friendly refinement of file sharing, and a perfect