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The way we access music online is changing - again
Every now and then a new website leaps into view with claims it will change the way we use the internet.
Remember the start of YouTube, Facebook and Google?
Now there's much talk about a new kind of music website - Spotify.
Based in Sweden and London, its business model is different from the usual thing, where listeners pay for each track they download.
Spotify allows users instant access to a huge catalogue of music, and the tracks they choose are streamed directly over the internet to their computer.
The firm is being hailed by some as the future of online music. But is Spotify really new and different?
The BBC's Paul Moss has been finding out.
Listen Listen to Paul Moss' report (6 mins 5 secs)
First broadcast on Business Daily on 18 Mar 2009
