Music label Ministry Of Sound, after allowing Spotify access to its music, noticed that users were creating playlists that followed the same track structure as their compilation albums. Apparently this means Spotify is infringing MoS's copyright.
Okay, think about that. Spotify users are organising available tracks in the same order as compilation albums. Gasp! I guess the playlists I have based on movie soundtracks are also a no-no.
This really comes down to the following logic. Hey, they are listening to the tracks in the same order as our CD, that means they won't buy our CD, that means we can't make extra money off the music that we've already charged millions of dollars to allow to be played on Spotify, oh noes we must stop this rampant piracy! Maybe they should ask to check everyones iTunes accounts just in case they have set up similar playlists on their iPods. Hmm, better check Rdio and Deezer and all the other music services out there. Better scan everyone's PC hard drives just in case there is an illicit playlist lurking at the bottom of a music folder.
At the end of the day if they force Spotify to remove these playlists then they will be directly hurting those they should be taking the best care of, the consumer. There is also the very real possibility that by allowing these playlists to be shared they may actually help sell a few copies of their precious compilations.
So, for finding a new target in the ever increasingly widespread net of copyright infringement and attacking your own customers in the process, I hereby present Ministry Of Sound with this weeks Clever Geek of the Week award.
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