Ministry of Sound Suing Spotify Over User Playlists

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Ministry of Sound Suing Spotify Over User Playlists

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday September 4, 2013 @01:34AM from the you-may-not-listen-in-that-order dept.

AmiMoJo writes "The Ministry of Sound, a UK dance music brand, is suing Spotify because it has not removed users' playlists that mirror their compilation albums. The case will hinge on whether compilation albums qualify for copyright protection due to the selection and arrangement involved in putting them together. Spotify has the rights to stream all the tracks on the playlists in question, but the issue here is whether the compilation structure — the order of the songs — can be copyrighted."

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List Copywrites by x6060 · 2013-09-04 01:43 · Score: 5, Funny

I can now copywrite my grocery list? Sweet!
1. Re:List Copywrites by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-04 01:47 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I guess I'll have to buy my milk after my eggs or I might get sued
2. Re:List Copywrites by i+kan+reed · 2013-09-04 01:52 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Sorry, I hold a patent on the dairy-after-eggs business process.
3. Re:List Copywrites by PerlPunk · 2013-09-04 02:08 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I can now copywrite my grocery list? Sweet!
  You can copyedit it, too.
4. Re:List Copywrites by JustOK · 2013-09-04 02:27 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  But which is first? chicken or eggs?
  
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  rewriting history since 2109
How to stop this by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-04 05:33 · Score: 2, Funny

If they win this case, it will open them up to massive copyright trolling :
1. Make list of all chart or dance club hits from the last 6 months
2. Autogenerate every permutation of playlist possible from this list and publish it on your website "Monastery of Shite"
3. Sue when next complilation is issued and PROFIT
Hey........ this plan works !!!!