Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young in protest against Spotify

Re:Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young in protest against Spotify by spaceisballer on Saturday January 29, 2022 @08:05PM (#30132536)

Lol. People can’t take a stance? I think it’s well within their right to pull their music for what they believe in.

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Re:Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young in protest against Spotify by eej71 on Saturday January 29, 2022 @08:18PM (#30132648)

Of course he can take a stance. And by the same token the rest of us are free to criticize it.

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Re:Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young in protest against Spotify by shadowgovt on Saturday January 29, 2022 @08:27PM (#30132736)

As they are free to criticize Spotify by putting their money where opinions are and taking their content elsewhere.

Free speech all the way around.

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Re:Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young in protest against Spotify by throwawaysea on Saturday January 29, 2022 @08:39PM (#30132853)

Within their legal rights? Sure. But they are advocating for others to be silenced in the same breath, not just silently pulling their content. In other words, they are using power (financial power, celebrity influence) to silence others. That is incompatible with the ideas underlying a classically liberal free society.

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Re:Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young in protest against Spotify by zapataband1 on Saturday January 29, 2022 @08:45PM (#30132911)

Sorry Neil Young isn't the all powerful boogeyman that you think he is. He isn't censoring joe rogan because he doesn't have that power.

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Re:Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young in protest against Spotify by dazilcher on Sunday January 30, 2022 @02:02AM (#30134736)

> Neil Young [...] joe rogan

Interesting capitalization choice. Intentional?

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