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Spotify users file-share less
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 22 September 2009
Spotify chief Daniel Ek said an interesting thing at that previously reported Glasshouse event in London regarding some research the popular digital music service has done on the file-sharing habits of its users. I think this was based on users in Spotify’s home territory of Sweden.
Asked if services like Spotify can help combat file-sharing, Ek said: “Well, actually, yes. I think so. There have been a lot of surveys of user behaviour, post-Spotify. One point seems consistent throughout them: that 80% of Spotify users say they have stopped filesharing. And, for the majority, it hasn’t affected their spending”.
Of course many of those who oppose draconian legal measures against P2P file-sharers have long said that if the music industry would only offer compelling and comprehensive digital services then many file-sharers would stop stealing. Ek’s research is possibly proof of that. In Sweden anyway.
