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Spotify, the ad-supported streaming service which many of you undoubtedly use for free music, has announced significant changes to how their service operates:

1) New registrants will have six months access to unlimited music, as regular users before

2) Regular users will be able to listen to maximum 10 hours of free music per month, and no more than five times in total for an individual track. The latter counter does not reset ever so you'll be forced to buy a paid subscription if you like to listen to the same songs over and over again.

All of this is reportedly due to major label pressure, who own a significant percentage of shares in Spotify.

More information can be found in a detailed article over at arstechnica.com.