苹果希望在该领域投入更多资金的决定受到音乐界人士的欢迎，但对于Spotify而言，这是个不好的征兆。这家亏损公司已面临版权所有者的压力，包括泰勒•斯威夫特(Taylor Swift)，去年，她从Spotify撤下了她所有的歌曲。

Mark Mulligan, analyst at Midia Research, says Apple’s move to pay higher royalty rates thanSpotify may be a calculated move to put pressure on the market leader.

Midia Research分析师马克•穆里根(Mark Mulligan)表示，苹果支付的版税费用将高于Spotify，此举可能是苹果在有意向这位市场领军企业施压。

One danger is that Spotify may be forced to match Apple’s payments to the music industry. ForSpotify’s investors, this would be a disaster. Earlier this month Apple said it would pay as muchas 73 per cent of Apple Music’s revenues to record labels and music publishers — beatingSpotify by three percentage points.

一种危险是Spotify可能会被迫与苹果支付的版税一致。对于Spotify的投资者而言，这将是一场灾难。本月早些时候，苹果表示，将最多把苹果流媒体服务Apple Music收入的73%支付给唱片公司和音乐发行商，比Spotify高出3个百分点。

Mr Mulligan says it is entirely possible that Spotify will be able to capitalise on its first-moveradvantage and reach 35m subscribers within five years, which would give it more than half thepaid-for streaming market.

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