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Re:Spotify continues to remove Joe Rogan episodes by SllX on Friday April 09, 2021 @04:44PM (#26755888)
As opposed to content control by publishers, network television, the FCC, and studios?

Spotify is not above criticism, I think it is entirely legitimate and called for to criticize Spotify without overstating your case.

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Re:Spotify continues to remove Joe Rogan episodes by theptip on Friday April 09, 2021 @04:55PM (#26756046)
This. Content producers have more freedom now than at any point in history. Previously you had to find a radio/tv station to publish your show. Now you can record it and broadcast it on YouTube or any podcast platform. (Repeat for "newspaper=>blog,twitter,substack", etc.)

The story here is that Rogan took his show off YouTube and onto Spotify as part of a huge licensing deal. Nothing was stopping him from controlling his work prior to that deal.

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