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How about setting up a firewall rule so that Spotify can only talk to Spotify's servers? Here's a post from Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/spotify/comments/jdhj6/is_there_a_wa...

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Admittedly, higher effort and probably not for the non-tech but...android emulator + mobile app would probably work too. Granted I have other qualms with their mobile app.

For the premium users, I do wonder if any of the open source spotify clients would alleviate this?

http://despotify.sourceforge.net/

Right. I was just about to say. This is hackers do it. Sniff out the traffic and block really selectively.

My concern woud be: Am I violating TOS when i don't share bandwidth?

Good point. You can go to jail for that; it makes you a felon.

Violating terms of service is not a felony. In fact, it's not even a crime; it's a civil matter.

Tell that to Aaron Swartz.

Aaron Swartz was charged with fraud and unathorized. Not breaking TOS. The idea that breaking TOS could constitute a crime has been shot down by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. http://thefire.org/article/14389.html

unauthorized access

The prosecution was claiming that his breach of the ToS implied Unauthorized Access, which is a felony.

@falling, i think this was a joke. or maybe not, you'll have to check - http://uscode.house.gov/download/title_18.shtml

Is that a joke or serious statement? Can't tell thanks to Poe's law.

Kind of a joke, kind of serious. It's what's at issue in Aaron Schwartz' case. The prosecutions argument is that his actions were felonious on the grounds that his violation of the ToS implied Unauthorized Access, which is a felony.

Funny, but I was serious about getting my subscription cancelled without refund.

> My concern woud be: Am I violating TOS when i don't share bandwidth?

I wouldn't worry about it. If it bothers you, adjust your firewall to allow a few bytes through an hour and still be able to sleep at night.

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