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This sort of addresses a number of disparate issues related to quality control. I don't know how I feel about it, but they probably had to do it to prevent beco
by creaghpatr 7y ago
This sort of addresses a number of disparate issues related to quality control. I don't know how I feel about it, but they probably had to do it to prevent becoming the next YouTube. As long as they don't allow user ratings or user comments they should be fine.
https://www.theverge.com/2014/5/7/5690590/spotify-removes-silent-album-that-earned-indie-band-20000 https://www.theverge.com/2014/5/7/5690590/spotify-removes-si...
https://qz.com/1212330/a-bulgarian-scheme-scammed-spotify-for-1-million-without-breaking-a-single-law/ https://qz.com/1212330/a-bulgarian-scheme-scammed-spotify-fo...
https://www.vulture.com/2017/07/streaming-music-cheat-codes.html https://www.vulture.com/2017/07/streaming-music-cheat-codes....
- neetodavid 7y agoEl-P has also raised similar issues: "What I mean is I regularly have to send take down notices not only for people using my name for their music and it appearing on my artist page but for people uploading my albums to their page and assumedly having my money diverted to them until we catch it." https://exclaim.ca/music/article/el-p_rages_out_on_spotify_for_not_protecting_artists_from_fraud https://exclaim.ca/music/article/el-p_rages_out_on_spotify_f...
- iscrewyou 7y ago> As long as they don't allow user ratings or user comments they should be fine. I will however pay extra for blocklists. If they let me block an artist, oh man. That would be the best money spent.
- oe 7y agoI recently started seeing songs that had 9 famous artists in the artist field, some of which were artists I follow so the song appeared in my recommended playlists.