The Playlist

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  1. The Vision

  50m

  After achieving an audacious start-up goal, self-taught coder Daniel Ek takes on the challenge of solving the music industry's piracy issue.

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  2. The Industry

  48m

  During a copyright trial against Pirate Bay, music label head Per Sundin realizes his pushback against piracy might have the opposite effect.

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  3. The Law

  56m

  A promising young lawyer leaves her job at a top law firm to tackle Spotify’s complex legal issues and confront the major labels.

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  4. The Coder

  52m

  Sick of his dead-end job, a gifted programmer sharing Daniel's vision of access and independence joins the team to solve their technical challenges.

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  5. The Partner

  46m

  The eccentric entrepreneur and co-founder of Spotify, Martin Lorentzon, looks back on the first five years of "bankrolling Daniel's mistakes."

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  6. The Artist

  48m

  Arguing that Spotify's business model exploits artists, musician Bobbi T faces Daniel Ek in a congressional hearing that could destroy his company.

Cast

Edvin Endre

Daniel Ek

Gizem Erdogan

Petra Hansson

Christian Hillborg

Martin Lorentzon

Ulf Stenberg

Per Sundin

Severija Janušauskaitė

Maxine

Hanna Ardéhn

Lisa

Agnes Kittelsen

Ann

Ella Rappich

Sophia Bendz

Joel Lützow

Andreas Ehn

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Jonatan Bökman

Gunnar Kreitz

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Janice

Bobbie

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Lucas Serby

Mattias Arrelid