/jp/ - Otaku Culture

So apparently the guy who made Pop on Rocks plans to upload it on Spotify in a few weeks. I really don't want to be that guy but isn't that at least technically illegal? He said a lot of people had been asking for it so he'll do it, but there's someone else who put it up first and he's trying to take it down. From some of his comments it seems like he's not going to ask Cover for permission. Is there a way to not make money from uploading a song to Spotify? I mean it just seems scummy if he's going to be making money off of Ame's vocals. I also don't know how Ame would feel if it was put up there without permission, especially if he's making money. I could see her not caring and be fine with us listening to it, but I could also see her getting quite annoyed.