Spotify, a digital music service wherein you can stream audios online, launched silently in India on Tuesday evening.
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Thanks to cheap mobile data tariffs that India can easily stream video and audio music. Traffic on digital music service latforms have shot up and Spotify officially launched itself in the country on Tuesday evening.
There can be a significant difference between the membership plans (annually and monthly) offered by Sweden based Spotify than the already established Indian streaming platforms that are much cheaper.
Wynk Music is the cheapest of all, charging just Rs 49 while Gaana, JioSaavn, and Google Play Music can be monthly subscribed for the premium versions at Rs 99. Apple Music is the most premium streaming service available in India charging users Rs 120 per month under the individual plan.
Here’s the full price list of Spotify membership:
1 month: Rs 119
1 year: Rs 1,189
1 day: Rs 13 (non-recurring)
7 days: Rs 39 (non-recurring)
1 month: Rs 129 (non-recurring)
3 months: Rs 389 (non-recurring)
6 months: Rs 719 (non-recurring)
For students: Rs 59 per month on annual subscription/ Rs 66 monthly
Amid the launch, Spotify’s has already reached an impasse with the music labels. Warner Music, one of the premier music labels in the US, has moved India’s court against Spotify unsolicited will to allow streaming the former’s songs on its platform in India. Warner has asked the court to block Spotify from making any of its music available for streaming in India, the license to which Spotify does not own yet. To Spotify’s surprise, India’s Copyright Act allows ‘broadcasters’ to obtain a license for copyrighted products even if the owner does not agree. Spotify is leveraging this clause in India’s copyrighting laws to do away with the woes Warner is implicating.
Spotify has acquired the streaming rights for over 160,000 songs owned by T-Series in India, which makes the company’s existence into India looming.
Stay tuned for more updates!
