Comment on Spotify just changed TOS, giving them unprecedented rights to create "derivative works" from audiobooks

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I hope not! I hope they interpret it this way and are willing and able to take action, by removing their catalog or maybe even a class action lawsuit. 

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• Talaraine@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They don't. The message right now is to boycott Spotify.

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  • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Except Spotify is one of the only hopes against Audible. Audible gives terrible deals to authors, if you sell your audiobook exclusively through audible they take a 60% cut of the sale, and if you sell through multiple audiobook stores they take 75%.

    And that’s just the official numbers, according to this source they actually pay out even less than that. The average author’s cut for an exclusive title is only 21%, and for a non-audible exclusive is only 13%.

    Large established authors get significantly better deals, but all the smaller authors desperately need audiobook rivals like spotify to be a viable alternative to Audible’s monopoly death grip on the industry. So it’s not as simple as “boycott spotify”, spotify or someone else badly needs to succeed in getting a meaningful slice of the market.

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    • Talaraine@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thankfully there are alternatives out there, and we should be using them.

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      • poppy@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        When discussions like this happen I think it’s good to actually suggest alternatives!

        I don’t listen to audiobooks, but a lot of people I know use libro.fm

        Also your local library probably partners with Hoopla and/or Libby which allows you to borrow audiobooks straight to your PC/phone!

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      • smort@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Like what?

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• Omgboom@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I can’t wait to hear what Brandon Sanderson says about this

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• Pacmanlives@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That is if they are aware of it. How many time do you just hit accept on a TOS agreement

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  • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • Skyhighatrist@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I saw this getting traction on Tik Tok a few days ago warning rightsholders they have until, I think, Mar 5th to pull their content from the platform.

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