Got an invite to the free beta program of Spotify from my co-worker Sebastian (last one ) and I must agree with him when he says this is a great application.

For those of you that have not heard of Spotify, read up on it here. In short, it’s an application that let’s you stream any amount of music for a monthly fee (about 8€). Later on you will also have the option of not paying, but having the app show banners etc. That option is only available right now if you have an invite.

Not only is the application extremely slim graphically, but the performance looks very good as of yet (approx 12MB of ram consumed).

This is the kind of thing that could solve the piracy problem for a lot of companies. This is adapting your distribution methods to a new generation (instead of suing it).

I’m not really surprised that it’s a new entrepreneur that developed this, but it’s kind of sad. If this will be the future and replace many other methods of distribution, what the f*ck was all the legal litigation good for? Why did they not spend the money developing new technology minimizing their “time to market” and other factors instead of ruining ordinary peoples lives. Makes you wonder…

Well well. Spotify is great though Try a “day pass” (about 1€) and see if you like it!

UPDATE: Article at TheLocal.se about Spotify here!