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According to co-founder Daniel Ek, "Spotify" is a mishearing from a name shouted by Martin Lorentzon; they retroactively coined its etymology as a combination of spot + identify.
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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/01 20:20 UTC 版)
Spotify is a Swedish DRM-based music streaming service offering streaming of selected music from a range of major and independent record labels, including Sony, EMI, Warner Music Group, and Universal. Launched in October 2008 by Swedish startup "Spotify AB", the service had approximately ten million users as of 15 September 2010 ; about 1,000,000 of which were paying members. The service is, as of May 2011, only available in Finland, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and soon Denmark.