It seems that the introduction of a Spotify free in the U.S. is being more cumbersome than its CEO, Daniel Ek is wanted and that unlike what happens in Europe, where they already have than 320000 users and pay more than 7 million users of the service, conduct negotiations with the various parties is still much more difficult because they have to deal with many more people.

While in Europe have been only a few brokers in the United States reached the figure of 5000. Moreover, a pay-only model, could lead to competitors like the Apple App Store and decided to impose it aside, is why a free model is essential to make it attractive to users.

Moreover, it appears that the earnings of artists do not become entirely satisfactory and profits are ridiculous after playing a thousand times in his works, so the model would also have to improve in that regard.

Via: DigitalBeat