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Spotify Arrives In Germany, 3rd-Largest Music Market
- Wired , Wednesday, March 14, 2012 3 AM
The streaming music service’s restriction on certain functionality for free users appears to have passed muster with German royalty collection agency Gema, which is known to be difficult to deal with. Earlier this year, Spotify rival Grooveshark shut down operations in Germany, citing "unreasonably high" licensing costs imposed by Gema. Cologne-based rival Simfy already has more two million users in Germany (and Austria, Belgium and Switzerland). Rdio and Deezer are available in the country, too.
