[HN Gopher] Spotify Is Removing Neil Young Songs After He Compla...
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       Spotify Is Removing Neil Young Songs After He Complains of
       'Misinformation'
        
       Author : jbegley
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2022-01-26 21:37 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.nytimes.com)
        
       | danielfoster wrote:
       | Not a Trump supporter but maybe Neil Young should have read what
       | he signed.
        
         | Andaith wrote:
         | I'm genuinely curious what you mean by this? Is there some
         | nuance I'm missing here?
         | 
         | My take is that he was originally happy with his contract with
         | Spotify, but he now disagrees with how their platform is
         | handling a certain issue, so he is ending his contract with
         | Spotify?
        
         | jfengel wrote:
         | It doesn't matter what the contract says, if Spotify accedes to
         | his request, which is what TFA says. The contract can't forbid
         | him from asking, and they agreed.
         | 
         | They didn't have to, but it's probably best for them that they
         | did. They want to be in a mutually-beneficial relationship with
         | their artists. They don't want the artists to see them as
         | somebody who will force them to do something they don't want to
         | do. Artists already have a dicey relationship with them, since
         | they keep such a large percentage of the revenue, and it's
         | likely in their best interest not to aggravate it further.
         | 
         | The artist wanted out, and they parted ways. The revenue lost
         | is much smaller than the amount they're paying Rogan, so
         | presumably he's making far more for them. If it means that a
         | ton of other artists are about to demand the same thing, then
         | that's a bridge they'll have to cross, because they'd be in a
         | no-win situation.
         | 
         | I doubt that will happen, in which case Spotify deftly avoided
         | creating more ill-will. If it does happen, then it's an
         | indicator that a huge number of people Spotify considers
         | important disagree with their stance, and they'll have to think
         | about it.
        
       | ilamont wrote:
       | If you're in a position to 1) no longer care about sales and 2)
       | you have a contract with your label that allows this level of
       | platform control and 3) you have backup platforms, you can do
       | this.
       | 
       | It may also be a case of Young not being happy with Spotify for
       | many years and Rogan was a convenient justification .... or the
       | straw that broke the camel's back.
       | 
       | https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tom-petty-neil...
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       | https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/20/magazine/neil-young-strea...
        
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