Tidal's Kanye West exclusive is good for Tidal and for music pirates<article>
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Jay-Z’s streaming music service Tidal is on a winning streak this month thanks to exclusive releases from Rihanna, Beyoncé, and Kanye West. The iOS app shot to the top of the free app charts thanks to those high-profile artists, where it currently hovers in the No. 2 spot. But while Tidal is riding high, the company’s approach may have an unintended consequenece: the return of music piracy.</p><p>
Kanye West released his long-awaited new album,
The Life of Pablo, over the weekend after tons of hype and some bizarre tweetstorms. But West chose to release his album only on Tidal, and only to stream. Rihanna also went with Tidal to start for her latest album
Anti, but she made the album available to download from the service and also sold it on iTunes. Now it’s available everywhere. But Kanye is all in with Tidal, telling the world that he won’t even sell
The Life of Pablo, and Tidal subscribers can’t download the song files, like they could with Rihanna’s album and the new Beyoncé song.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3034316/software/tidals-kanye-west-exclusive-is-good-for-tidal-and-for-music-pirates.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Tidal's Kanye West exclusive is good for Tidal and for music pirates
