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According to spotify's website, premium accounts are allowed to download songs. Why would they crack down on this more than other third-party clients?

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The spotify premium download feature is more like an encrypted cache that's beneficial when offline or in slow networks.

It's not useful for acquiring files for your personal collection.

I guess because then people could redistribute it under their own terms. Which is pirating, and therefore illegal.

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