@svcrk, you're showing as [dead].

svckr's post is:

  > If there's no value to curation then people wouldn't bother copying the lists

  Yes. And since they (MoS) are obviously earning _something_ from selling their
  compilations there must be _some_ value in there. (I assume there are tracks
  from different labels on said compilations, otherwise they should just be happy
  about their Spotify revenue.)

  > Is what they do valuable enough to warrant protection? Is it "art"?

  It is a tough question, but answering with "yes" gets you on a slippery slope.
  Are MoS going to pay up if (by chance) a Spotify user made a playlist a month
  ago that exactly matches their next release?

To reply, no, because their playlists wouldn't have the right colour[1]. In copyright, the provenience of the work matters, and in many of these cases that is clear (the playlists include "Ministry of Sound" in the title), while that would be very hard to show if they just happen to create a matching playlist.

[1] http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23