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Setlist Podcast: MPs want to see action on musicians’ income
UK politicians on the need for changes to how musicians get paid, Blur drummer Dave Rowntree's lawsuit against PRS, and more…
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Spotify planning tools to allow users to remix tracks
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Spotify plans to provide remixing tools within its app that will allow users to speed up, mash up and otherwise tweak tracks in a legitimate and licensed way. There’s a logic to that plan, but it also raises some copyright questions…
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Have a playlist idea but don’t know what songs to put on it? Spotify’s AI bot can help with that
Many people out there don’t like the idea of music discovery being handled by an algorithm. If you’re among them, Spotity has come up with a solution - hand the task over to artificial intelligence. Yes, that’s basically the same thing, but what you’re forgetting is that AI is cooler…
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Apple says Spotify should stay out of its ongoing Epic legal battle
Spotify recently filed an amicus brief in support of Epic Games in the Fornite maker’s ongoing legal battle with Apple over its App Store rules. But in a new legal filing this week, Apple said that Spotify is just “parroting” Epic’s own arguments and its intervention should be rejected…
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Spotify planning another price rise in five markets
The price of a Spotify subscription is set to increase again in some markets this month, although users will reportedly be able to avoid the price rise if they opt out of audiobook access. It might all be a move by Spotify to create a separate revenue stream to fund its audiobook ambitions.…
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Upsetting the Apple cart: app developers including Spotify, Deezer, Qobuz welcome US Justice Department lawsuit
Last week the US Department Of Justice announced that it is suing Apple over allegations of anticompetitive conduct, including in relation to its App Store rules. That litigation has been welcomed by an organisation representing numerous app developers, including Spotify, Deezer and Qobuz…
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Setlist Podcast: Is Manchester's nightlife at risk?
The ruling in Manchester venue Night & Day's noise dispute, and the BPI's legal threats against AI voice cloning tool Voicify…
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Mood music maker scores fifteen billion streams, and prompts yet another 'fake artists' debate
‘Fake artists’ have become a talking point again after a Swedish newspaper highlighted how one musician is scoring billions of streams by recording tracks targeted at Spotify’s mood music playlists under 656 different names.…
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Spotify publishes new Loud & Clear, says the focus now is artists “dependent on streaming as part of their livelihood”
Spotify has published loads more stats as part of an update to its Loud & Clear website. Although the stats are interesting, this site is partly about countering criticism of Spotify, and it’s interesting to see what criticism is clearly being dealt with among the facts and figures…
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Setlist Podcast: US politicians want TikTok to sell up or be banned
US politicians vote in favour or proposals to ban TikTok in the country, Labour commits to cap secondary ticket prices, and more…
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Spotify asks European Commission to force Apple to approve its app amends
After the EU competition regulator ordered Apple to change its rules around the sign-posting of payment options within iOS apps, Spotify immediately updated its app within the EU. But Apple is yet to approve those updates and Spotify now wants to European Commission to intervene…
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Joe Rogan is back on Apple and Amazon - so Neil Young is back on Spotify
Neil Young has ended his Spotify boycott which began over criticism of the Joe Rogan podcast. With that podcast now returning to other platforms, boycotting just Spotify as an anti-Rogan protest seems pointless, though Young remains critical of the lack of high quality audio on the streaming service…