As we told you Wednesday, Spotify agreed with Neil Young’s demand that they could provide his music or Joe Rogan’s podcast, but not both. So Spotify started to remove Young’s songs from their platform.
Spotify is removing Neil Young’s catalogue from its service after the artist published —then took down — an open letter with an ultimatum: deal with the vaccine misinformation coming from Joe Rogan’s podcast, or lose his music
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— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) January 26, 2022
Marc Elias is not thrilled about what’s happening:
https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1486486072431370244
It’s important to note that the “ultimatum” was from Young, not Rogan. Also, according to the Wall Street Journal, Young no longer owns the rights to many of his songs.
It still cracks me up. He canceled himself! https://t.co/7yD9hfQTIl
— Tired of being politically correct (@USBornNRaised) January 27, 2022
https://twitter.com/FinallyKnox/status/1486518881304907787
https://twitter.com/NegotiateFirst/status/1486516488022409216
https://twitter.com/jamesspivey/status/1486509003068915714
Hey, stuff happens.
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