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Court rules that Pirate Bay lay judge is at risk of bias
Remember how one of the lay judges in the upcoming Pirate Bay appeal was found to be employed by Spotify?
SpotifiTunes helps people migrate from iTunes to Spotify
Well, it kind of does, but not quite as well as you’d like. SpotifiTunes lets people upload the metadata for their iTunes library, and turns it into a big list of links to the albums and tracks that are available on Spotify.
Labels agree Spotify-employed lay judge should not sit in Pirate Bay appeal
We reported earlier this week about a new controversy in the ongoing Pirate Bay court saga – that a lay judge due to sit in the appeal case is actually employed by Spotify.
Lord Mandelson slams illegal file-sharing (again)
As the debate around file-sharing and the UK government’s proposed anti-piracy legislation continues to swirl, business secretary Lord Mandelson has jumped back into the discussion, during a visit to the BRIT School in Croydon.
Lay judge in Pirate Bay appeal case works for… Spotify?
Swedish media are reporting that one of the lay judges set to hear the appeal case of the four Pirate Bay co-founders is an employee of streaming music service Spotify.
Now dodgy sites are giving away free Spotify Premium accounts
We wrote about the Save Spotify website recently, which touted tech that would rip Spotify streams to MP3 files.
Spotify boss reveals (some) statistics
Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek made an appearance in London last night at a Glasshouse event, to be quizzed on-stage about his company and its plans.
Spotify mulling different approach for US launch
The Wall Street Journal has an intriguing quote from Spotify’s Andres Sehr on its planned US launch, saying that the company is “looking at a slightly different model in the US”.
Spotify goes invite-only in the UK again
What impact will the launch of Spotify’s iPhone and Android versions have on signups?
Spotify mobile app out now for iPhone AND Android
Spotify has announced that its mobile application is now available for iPhone and iPod touch, on Apple’s App Store.
Spotify takes wrappers off its S60 mobile app
The iPhone and Android versions of Spotify’s mobile app may have gone live today, but now the company has published a video demo of the third version, for S60 phones.