Tag Archives: Spotify

Spotify Pays Hackers $120K to Help Maintain a Secure Service (Fortune)

Spotify has 232M active monthly users, more than 50 million music tracks and 450,000 podcast titles. Oh yes, and a "Priority 0" policy when it comes to security which has seen $120... More

Spotify Buys ‘Cover Song’ Licensing Firm to Tackle Copyright Risks (Reuters)

Spotify has acquired Loudr.fm, a San Francisco-based provider of licensing technology to help it to locate songwriters and pay them royalties they are due. The acquisition helps ad... More

Spotify Cracking Down on Users of Hacked Apps Designed to Steal Premium Features (Variety)

Spotify, as it gears up to go public in an IPO expected later this month, is disabling access from unauthorized Android apps that let users circumvent advertising and usage restric... More