According to multiple X posts, said controversy reignited closer to September’s beginning, when artists and observers resumed criticizing Spotify terms describing sweeping derivative-work authorizations.
“they changed their terms of service allowing them to get irrevocable, worldwide, unrestricted usage to anything uploaded to their platform, meaning your music is no longer your’s,” one individual wrote on the 8th. “this is mostly likely to train AI on it and distribute.”
Pertaining to the DSP’s well-documented remix ambitions, related changes previously elicited pushback upon making their way into DIY distributors’ own terms. In other words, the situation’s been in motion for a while now.
Evidently, though, the latest wave of criticism, still ramping up on social media, has caused things to boil over. Also with AI training front of mind, Joe Budden called out the terms update during an episode of his podcast – and expressed uncertainty about continuing to upload to Spotify.
More significantly, entertainment attorney Krystle Delgado broke down the update in a YouTube video. Therein, the Delgado Entertainment Law founder noted the adjusted language’s presence within Spotify’s listener terms, but emphasized that all the DSP’s users are bound to the agreement.
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