Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, inkampani yomculo esakazayo yaseSweden imemezele nge-Twitter ukuthi isivele ifinyelele kwababhalisile abakhokhelwayo abayizigidi ezingama-70, kuyilapho izibalo zakamuva ezisemthethweni zakwa-Apple, eziqala ngoSepthemba, ziqinisekisa ukuthi umculo wensiza usuka I-Apple inabasebenzisi abayizigidi ezingama-30.
Lesi simemezelo sigqame kakhulu, ngoba ngemuva kwemizuzu kushicilelwe i-tweet, sasisuswa ukuthi siphinde sishicilelwe emahoreni ambalwa kamuva, kungenzeka ukuthi iMenenja yoMphakathi yesikhulumi somculo sokusakaza saseSweden yaqhubeka futhi yasishicilela lapho ingekho okwamanje kunikeziwe. Kepha akuzona zonke izindaba ezinhle zeSpotify.
Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule inkampani yokuqopha AbakwaWixen Music Publishing bafaka isimangalo ngokumelene neSpotify ngamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1.600 ngokwephulwa kwe-copyright. Akukona okokuqala ukuthi iSpotify ibhekane nenkantolo kodwa hhayi njalo. Ukusebenza kwezivumelwano kwamanye amazwe, njenge-United States, kudinga ilayisense lomzimba ukuze likwazi ukuveza okuqukethwe nganoma iyiphi indlela, futhi nezinsizakalo zomculo ngokukhalaza akuyona neze into ehlukile.
Ngaphakathi kwenkampani yokuqopha i-Wixen Music Publishing, kukhona abaculi besimo se UTom Petty, uNeil Young, uDan Auerbach, uDand uDonald Fagen nabanye. Uma inkampani yomculo yokusakaza yaseSweden igcina ilahlekelwe yimfuno, kungaba yinkinga enkulu enkampanini, ngoba isibalo esifunwa yiWixen, simele inani elilinganiselwa ku-10% lenani elilinganisiwe inkampani enayo njengamanje, inkampani, ngokusho kokuvuza kwamuva, ulungiselela yonke imibhalo ezokwazi ukuphumela obala kulo nyaka wonke, i-IPO ebihleliwe, kepha usuku lwayo belungakamenyezelwa yinkampani yaseSpotify noma yinani elikhulu labatshalizimali abalandelayo.
