Regardless its millions of users, Spotify is a still gamble that offers labels an alternative at a price—sacrificing immediate revenue on the off-chance that the service will get sufficiently large to pay off in stream fees and global exposure. Major labels, like indies, have always been skeptical of this pitch and only really signed off because the business of selling physical music is irrevocably broken.
http://gizmodo.com/5861043/200-indie-record-labels-just-bailed-on-spotify
Concerned over a recent study from the NPD Group and music industry group NARM, music distributor ST Holdings has decided to pull its approximately 200 labels from Spotify, Simfy, Rdio and Napster.
The company said in a Wednesday statement that it made its decision because the study found that streaming services such as Spotify were discouraging sales. According to a report from Digital Music News, the study found that having access to tracks has, in some cases, decreased consumers’ desire to own the music.
Study:
http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2011/111115cannibal#VIZ3-3IxRZUcRMwuQcs_9g
People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) member Malik Azmani argues: “If they’re sitting in front of their tents, typing job applications on their laptops then I’m fine with it.”
Dutch language news article:
http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/10957797/__VVD__Pak_Occupy_er_uitkering_af__.html?p=9,1
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In a typically nasty personal-political combo, Anonymous has leaked thousands of private emails belonging to a retired California cybercrime investigator named Fred Bacalagan, in what they say is payback for the recent Occupy Wall Street crackdown.
http://gawker.com/5861023/anonymous-leaks-another-computer-experts-personal-emails
