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Jason Snell
@snell.zone

Just posted on Six Colors: Spotify opens new front in war on fair use

sixcolors.comSpotify opens new front in war on fair useLate last month I got several emails from Spotify, all pretty much the same: Hello, Our automatic review tools determined that this podcast may contain content that infringes the rights of a third party. Due to this, we’ve removed: Title: 14: Ribsy Detected Content: “Ribsy” by Beverly Cleary Why did this happen? Spotify for Creators supports the distribution of audio and video podcasts. Our automated review process may remove any content that appears to be distributing third-party literary material. What’s next? If you think your episode does not infringe the intellectual property rights of a third party, or is subject to […]

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Patrick Delahanty
@pdelahanty.bsky.social

It’s weird that I keep hearing Spotify being referred to as one of the most popular podcast platforms (after Apple). …but it’s certainly not true for @twit.tv programming. Not even close. I’m not sure they’re even in the top 10. Certainly nowhere near Apple, Overcast, and Pocket Casts.

Dave Scocca
@scocca.bsky.social

I vaguely remember hearing about law enforcement (maybe ICE) playing recorded music so that bystander videos of their actions would get taken down by the YouTube copyright enforcement system.

kyle pellét
@kpellet.bsky.social

I'm pretty sure Spotify, which owns The Ringer, stopped allowing Ringer podcasts to use audio clips from movies and TV on their podcasts. IIRC, there was a point where they stopped & it took a while for hosts to get used to the change. Someone in Stockholm really doesn't like fair use.