This doesn't sound good for Spotify fans
Spotify sued over music streaming technology
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Spotify sued over music streaming technology
This doesn't sound good for Spotify fans
Spotify sued over music streaming technology
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An end to compulsory MP3's?
Hurrah!
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Nope, Spotify doesn't stream in MP3!Originally Posted by serendipitydawg
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Wonder why they didn't go after Pandora and the like when they launched... smacks of opportunism.
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Not really enough info to go on in the news report, but Spotify say "PacketVideo is claiming that by distributing music over the internet, Spotify (and by inference any other similar digital music service) has infringed one of the patents that has previously been acquired by PacketVideo" - I'd be very surprised if you could patent "distributing music over the internet" - so it must be something to do with the underlying technology, I guess.
Will be interesting to see how it pans out but as Nick says - opportunism. This company appears to buy and act on patents - I'm sure they were waiting for the US launch of Spotify for a bigger slice of the pie...
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Pardon my ignorance.Nope, Spotify doesn't stream in MP3!
What does Spotify stream?
Surely not lossless?
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"Objective measurements in audio are primary, but they are useless unless they have been subjectively validated as predictors of musical accuracy Edgar Villchur Stereophile 2005
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Hi Matthew - sorry for my glib response!
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If you take a look at some of the current US patent lawsutes you would find yourself very suprised. I think there is a bit more to the patent in question but not much.I'd be very surprised if you could patent "distributing music over the internet" - so it must be something to do with the underlying technology, I guess.
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No need to apologise Alex. I should apologise for my snooty attitude. I sneer at the very mention of Spotify. At least now I can sneer accurately.Hi Matthew - sorry for my glib response!
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"Objective measurements in audio are primary, but they are useless unless they have been subjectively validated as predictors of musical accuracy Edgar Villchur Stereophile 2005
" What we cannot measure, we do not know" Lord Rayleigh
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Why would you sneer at a resource that can help expand your musical knowledge
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