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Subscribers can expect "a lot more control" and "a lot higher quality across the board".

Australian acts are increasingly smashing it on global on-demand audio streams.

Spotify reps confirmed the artists affected had “explicitly violate[d their] content policies or local laws”.

"It’s just not okay to automatically remove work and blame artists for it - the burden of proof should be on Spotify."

Spotify's HiFi tier will reportedly cost “at least $5 more per month”.

The President and CEO of the Digital Media Association (DiMA) has claimed that new changes in Canada's Online Streaming Act are a "discriminatory tax on music streaming services".

"It actually can still be expensive to make records, especially if you care about paying your collaborators fairly."

A spokesperson for Spotify called the cease and desist letter a "press stunt".

"Spotify is the cage egg of streaming platforms. It's unethical to continue to give them money."