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[-] Ptsf@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Due to the uniquely fucked up way music licensing works, it's likely they license the lyrics through a separate company than the music and probably don't even directly license it themselves (Tidal for example uses Musicmatch's lyric library and api). There's a cost associated with this that is likely outside their control. It's shitty, but it is plalusibly reasonable they implemented this as a cost savings measure.

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 7 points 4 months ago

That's a good point. That might actually make the case for "undue burden".

A court case about it could be a way for Spotify to pass the problem to their licensors, in theory.

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -4 points 4 months ago

You keep claiming this “undue burden”, can you provide a source to the exemption in the legislation that states this is possible? Multiple people have asked and you keep just screaming at them.

Prove your point or kindly fuck off and stop making the most obvious fucking lies.

[-] Ptsf@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)
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