Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule sananela amahlebezi ahlobene neSpotify lapho kwathiwa inkampani ehola phambili yaseSweden emakethe yomculo esakazwayo enababhalisile abakhokhelwayo abayizigidi ezingama-50, yayinenhloso yokwehlisa inani elikhokhayo njengamanje ezinkampanini zokuqopha ukuze zande inzuzo. Kepha njengoba bekulindelekile, lesi sinyathelo sibe nokuhweba futhi akusikho okunye ngaphandle kokukhawulela ukufinyelela kuma-albhamu amasha. Uqale wakhuluma unomphela, kepha ngokwesivumelwano sakamuva esifinyelelwe ngekhathalogi ebanzi yakwaSony, kuzoba okwesikhashana kuphela.
Ngokwe-ejensi yezindaba iReuters, isivumelwano esenziwe yiSpotify kanye nabakwaSony sizovimbela abasebenzisi bensiza yamahhala yesikhulumi ukuthi bathole amavidiyo amasha akhishwe yinkampani eqopha amasonto amabili okuqala. Ngakho-ke Abasebenzisi bensizakalo yomculo we-premium kuphela abangafinyelela kukhathalogi yonke, ngenkathi abasebenzisi abajabulela inguqulo enezikhangiso bazokwazi ukufinyelela kuma-albhamu amasha avinjelwe phakathi kwamasonto amabili okuqala wokukhishwa kwabo.
Ngo-Ephreli odlule bebevele bevumelene ne-Universal, okuyinkampani enkulu kunazo zonke yokuqopha emhlabeni, yize singakwazanga ukwazi imininingwane, kungenzeka ukuthi zifana kakhulu nalezo esezifinyelele kwaSony waseJapan. Manje sekuyithuba likaWarner, enye ilebula enkulu, yona kanye ne-Sony ne-Universal emele ama-80% emakethe yomhlaba.
U-Spotify uphoqeleke ukuthi afinyelele esivumelwaneni namalebula amakhulu ukuze akwazi isikhathi esithile phuma ezinombolweni ezibomvu ebelilokhu lihudula cishe selokhu ladalwa, njengoba iningi lemali engenayo, yababela ukuthi bakhokhele izinkampani eziqopha umlando. Kepha ngenxa yalesi sivumelwano, inani lizoncishiswa futhi lizovumela inkampani yaseSweden ukuthi iphumele obala, enye yezinhloso zayo ezinkulu selokhu insizakalo yadalwa.
