![]() ![]() Young said Spotify “can have Rogan or Young. ![]() In his letter, Young made the request because Spotify “is spreading false information about vaccines - potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation,” according to Rolling Stone magazine. So he can not do anything about Spotify playing it. Turns out that Neil Young doesn't own the rights to his own music. The veteran rocker fired off a public missive to his management on Monday, demanding that they remove his music from Spotify in protest of Rogan spreading misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine on his popular podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience.”īut the letter soon disappeared from view on Young’s website, and on Tuesday afternoon music fans could still listen to “Heart of Gold,” “Rockin’ in the Free World” and other Young hits on the popular streaming site. “We regret Neil’s decision to remove his music from Spotify,” the service added, “but hope to welcome him back soon.” We have detailed content policies in place and we’ve removed over 20,000 podcast episodes related to Covid since the start of the pandemic.” With that comes great responsibility in balancing both safety for listeners and freedom for creators. ![]() In a statement on Wednesday, Spotify said: “We want all the world’s music and audio content to be available to Spotify users. UPDATE (4:00pm CT): Well, looks like Spotify has decided to stick with its massive podcast star and not the aging folk/rockstar as the streaming service pulled Neil Young from its service.
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