Even In Utero, iCloud Is Killing Spotify
U.S. record labels are dragging their feet in negotiations to bring music streaming service Spotify to American shores, a move reportedly aimed at give Apple a first crack at a similar subscription plan.
To stall for time, recording labels are demanding too much for licensing, according to Eliot Van Buskirk at Evolver.fm, citing “a well-connected source.”
Earlier today, we reported Apple’s unannounced iCloud music streaming service would give labels a new subscription revenue stream to replace the aging CD and digital sales.
The service would upload your iTunes collection to Apple’s servers, replacing some tracks with better-quality versions, according to BusinessWeek.
Observers see iCloud taking on the shape of a more expansive cloud-based alternative to the already-existing digital lockers announced by Google and Amazon.
The iCloud framework appears to follow a similar service from Lala, a streaming music service the Cupertino, Calif. firm acquired in 2010.
What would be your choice for music streaming? Apple’s iCloud which mirrors your iTunes collection or Spotify’s subscription-based service allowing you to listen to anything you want?
Ed Sutherland is a veteran technology journalist who first heard of Apple when they grew on trees, Yahoo was run out of a Stanford dorm and Google was an unknown upstart. Since then, Sutherland has covered the whole technology landscape, concentrating on tracking the trends and figuring out the finances of large (and small) technology companies.
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