Normally I wouldn’t feel an urge for joining something everyone else seems to shout about for the moment, but for the latest Spotify-turn I just have to. Spotify announced today that they are forced by the record labels to create virtual nation borders in their systems. My reaction i the following:

The music industry is insane

And why? The music industry have the chance to create something so bloody great that the need for piracy might be killed. With Spotify, all artists are payed for every song people listen to. When Spotify goes mobile and mobile networks are developed in countries outside the 3G area, then the need for music piracy is killed for good. No need for most of us to handle music files on the whole.

I’m really glad I’m not a musician… With friends like the record industry, who need enemys….?