In a new missive from his personal site, Young lambastes the Swedish tech. Spotify says it will increase awareness of what is acceptable content to upload and remind creators that they can be held accountable for content they publish. Spotify agrees to take Neil Young's music off the platform 03:56 What the OPEC+ production cut means for US gas prices CNN Spotify will no longer stream the music of Neil Young. Neil Young (Associated Press) Neil Young has taken his campaign against Spotify directly to the desk of its CEO, Daniel Ek. Spotify’s commitment to “test” new ways of highlighting these policies also rings flat, in large part due to its vagueness. Neil Young, whose public challenge to Spotify sparked earlier news cycles about Rogan, added even more pressure on Monday by saying in an open letter that Spotify employees should quit. The decision to publish these rules now also begs the question: why were they kept hidden in the first place? Failure to comply “may” result in content being removed. Spotify’s rules include a non-exhaustive list of what the platform deems to be dangerous, deceptive, sensitive or illegal which creators should “avoid”.
Publishing its platform rules is a step towards improving transparency, but these kinds of policies are often a low bar to vault for rule breakers and end up being wielded as a takedown tool by powerful groups, such as major record labels. Investors are keeping eyes on Spotify and alternative music-streaming services as the Neil Young Spotify playlists are pulled from the platform.
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