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TV show

The Playlist

  • Ended
  • 6 episodes
  • TMDB 7.2/10 · 169 votes

Overview

How Swedish tech entrepreneur Daniel Ek and business partner Martin Lorentzon revolutionized the music industry through free and legal music streaming when they launched Spotify.

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Seasons & episodes

Limited Series

  1. 1. The Vision

    50 min

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    After achieving an audacious start-up goal, self-taught coder Daniel Ek takes on the challenge of solving the music industry's piracy issue.

  2. 2. The Industry

    48 min

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    During a copyright trial against Pirate Bay, music label head Per Sundin realizes his pushback against piracy might have the opposite effect.

  3. 3. The Law

    56 min

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    A promising young lawyer leaves her job at a top law firm to tackle Spotify’s complex legal issues and confront the major labels.

  4. 4. The Coder

    52 min

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    Sick of his dead-end job, a gifted programmer sharing Daniel's vision of access and independence joins the team to solve their technical challenges.

  5. 5. The Partner

    46 min

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    The eccentric entrepreneur and co-founder of Spotify, Martin Lorentzon, looks back on the first five years of "bankrolling Daniel's mistakes."

  6. 6. The Artist

    48 min

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    Arguing that Spotify's business model exploits artists, musician Bobbi T faces Daniel Ek in a congressional hearing that could destroy his company.

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