Comment by jakecopp
5 years ago
I love the look and idea of this - are alternative clients against the Spotify ToS though?
Would be such a shame to put in all this work only for Spotify to kill it.
5 years ago
I love the look and idea of this - are alternative clients against the Spotify ToS though?
Would be such a shame to put in all this work only for Spotify to kill it.
It uses private APIs to retrieve the decryption keys from the server and circumvent the DRM.
It's certainly against the ToS and probably illegal in some jurisdictions
Usually the way it works is that _using_ the software is illegal, but distributing its source code is not. Code is covered by the first amendment in the US.
Unfortunately, the DMCA 1201 court decision that establishes once and for all has yet to occur. EFF continues to pursue it though: https://www.eff.org/cases/green-v-us-department-justice