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Chapter 1Introducing SpotifyIn This Chapter▶ Considering what Spotify can offer you▶ Understanding how Spotify works as a business▶ Discovering the ty

18Part I: Becoming Buddies with Spotify and access the tracks remotely, like you would if you were watching a video on YouTube. Convenient, eh?Spotify

19 Chapter 1: Introducing SpotifyTasting the Many Flavors of SpotifyFrom the reactions on Twitter after Spotify’s U.S. launch, Spotify’s arrival is tr

20Part I: Becoming Buddies with Spotify the first six months. After that time, your hours are cut back to 10 hours, and you’re allowed to stream a tra

21 Chapter 1: Introducing SpotifyFiguring out Terms of UseThe world of music licensing is complicated enough, let alone the world of streaming digital

22Part I: Becoming Buddies with Spotify It’s important to note that the Terms of Use may vary, depending on the coun-try you live in, which contrast

23 Chapter 1: Introducing Spotify ✓ Subscription tiers: The differences between the listening options avail-able to your region are listed here. ✓ Pri

24Part I: Becoming Buddies with Spotify Basically, this section says that Spotify uses file-sharing technology to run its service. It makes use of you

25 Chapter 1: Introducing Spotify Figure 1-3: Spotify’s Privacy Policy is quite clear. Making sure artists get paidThe most obvious and important reas

26Part I: Becoming Buddies with Spotify Conducting market analysisAs discussed in the section “Examining the Business of Spotify,” earlier in this cha

10Part I: Becoming Buddies with Spotify Peeking at Some Snazzy Spotify FeaturesSpotify is helping to make universal, instant accessibility to all musi

11 Chapter 1: Introducing Spotify Figure 1-1: Sharing playlists makes the world of Spotify go round. Listening on other devicesPremium subscribers (I

12Part I: Becoming Buddies with Spotify files on your computer and tracks from Spotify’s own library, giving you the best of both worlds. Spotify lets

13 Chapter 1: Introducing SpotifyObviously, you’re reading this book because you’re interested in using Spotify and finding new music with it. But you

14Part I: Becoming Buddies with Spotify between pressing play and hearing the music start to stream is the magic number where the brain doesn’t percei

15 Chapter 1: Introducing Spotifymy computer, and because Spotify can index the files on my computer, I can happily play them from within Spotify — as

16Part I: Becoming Buddies with Spotify Examining the Business of SpotifyThis book is a guide to Spotify, not an economics lesson, but I think it’s we

17 Chapter 1: Introducing Spotify Figure 1-2: Hello, America — Spotify has arrived. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has repeatedly said he wants to create somet