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The problem with Spotify is 25% of their library has that horrible UMG watermark on it. It makes any UMG music before 2013 unlistenable. Apparently, UMG fixed the problem on their side but Spotify don't give enough of a damn about quality to redownload the UMG library.


Wow! Just listened to an A/B test: http://www.mattmontag.com/music/universals-audible-watermark

Pretty awful. I wonder why Spotify doesn't correct? Have been listening mostly to electronica on Premium account. So, this is the first I've heard.

UMG. Had suggested a mobile collaboration on iOS to UMG, a few years back. But, they were focused on Blackberry, back then.

[EDIT] Just tried the example song from the above link. And, yes, the watermark is still there. Wow!


Followup: found the following comment on a UMG watermark thread:

> This watermark is embedded in UMG tracks on Rdio, Spotify, iTunes, Tidal, and others.

I would subscribe to a service that allowed me block watermarked files.

[edit] removed patent tangent




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