<![CDATA[Spotify, already the bane of many podcasters’ existence, has decided to amp things up: Now it’s scouring podcasts to see if any infringe on “literary content.”]]>Spotify, already the bane of many podcasters’ existence, has decided to amp things up: Now it’s scouring podcasts to see if any infringe on “literary content.” It’s already flagged one podcast I host, which reviews/critiques an author’s books one by one, for “infringing” on the book. This is dire.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/b9cdb1ce-33ec-4c48-8387-720b23e0bb74/spotify-already-the-bane-of-many-podcasters-existence-has-decided-to-amp-things-up-now-it-s-scouring-podcasts-to-see-if-any-infringe-on-literary-content.RSS for NodeFri, 02 Oct 2026 20:36:27 GMTFri, 25 Sep 2026 17:22:01 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Spotify, already the bane of many podcasters’ existence, has decided to amp things up: Now it’s scouring podcasts to see if any infringe on “literary content.” on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:14:59 GMT]]>@jsnell My guess is that Spotify is working on more "make a podcast from this" generative AI features and they are rolling out a Content ID equivalent system to make sure users aren't making whole books into episodes... except they're doing it very stupidly.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tacobelllabs.net/users/ultranurd/statuses/117333275431666094https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tacobelllabs.net/users/ultranurd/statuses/117333275431666094Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:14:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spotify, already the bane of many podcasters’ existence, has decided to amp things up: Now it’s scouring podcasts to see if any infringe on “literary content.” on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:01:49 GMT]]>@jsnell Awesome. Only AI can get unfettered access to information now.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nlmakers.ca/users/vramvoolenaar/statuses/117333223668169234https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nlmakers.ca/users/vramvoolenaar/statuses/117333223668169234Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:01:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spotify, already the bane of many podcasters’ existence, has decided to amp things up: Now it’s scouring podcasts to see if any infringe on “literary content.” on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:01:40 GMT]]>@jsnell I barely remember why I hate Spotify anymore but “they made podcasts stop being podcasts” was DEFINITELY the original sin now that you’ve reminded me. Fuck these scum.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://logoff.website/users/jason/statuses/117333223044254308https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://logoff.website/users/jason/statuses/117333223044254308Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:01:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spotify, already the bane of many podcasters’ existence, has decided to amp things up: Now it’s scouring podcasts to see if any infringe on “literary content.” on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:01:09 GMT]]>@Moltz @dmoren @jsnell The publicity department where I work is constantly sending out notices to podcasts and reviewers: please do not discuss our books or tell anyone they exist.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/maccruiskeen/statuses/117333220997623109https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/maccruiskeen/statuses/117333220997623109Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:01:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spotify, already the bane of many podcasters’ existence, has decided to amp things up: Now it’s scouring podcasts to see if any infringe on “literary content.” on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:59:28 GMT]]>@jsnell Jonas Ek is a bit of a latrine

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/Kierkegaanks/statuses/117333214404339114https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/Kierkegaanks/statuses/117333214404339114Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:59:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spotify, already the bane of many podcasters’ existence, has decided to amp things up: Now it’s scouring podcasts to see if any infringe on “literary content.” on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:57:03 GMT]]>@jsnell @siracusa is it going to catch every episode of Recently Read?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116443389333860599/statuses/117333204883790438https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116443389333860599/statuses/117333204883790438Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:57:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spotify, already the bane of many podcasters’ existence, has decided to amp things up: Now it’s scouring podcasts to see if any infringe on “literary content.” on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:43:53 GMT]]>@jsnell ...As they use their users' content to train their own AI systems 🙃

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.subj.am/ap/users/115962734261547696/statuses/117333153097756596https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.subj.am/ap/users/115962734261547696/statuses/117333153097756596Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:43:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spotify, already the bane of many podcasters’ existence, has decided to amp things up: Now it’s scouring podcasts to see if any infringe on “literary content.” on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:43:25 GMT]]>@jsnell If only the podcasts used the books for "AI" training, that would be totally fine!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://yatil.social/users/yatil/statuses/117333151275118767https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://yatil.social/users/yatil/statuses/117333151275118767Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:43:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spotify, already the bane of many podcasters’ existence, has decided to amp things up: Now it’s scouring podcasts to see if any infringe on “literary content.” on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:28:59 GMT]]>@jsnell I fear it will only get worse as fewer and fewer disconnected rich people buy corporations and install rules that do nothing but protect their profits. And by “protect” I fully mean insane fantasy delusional actions.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/steveriggins/statuses/117333094557304037https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/steveriggins/statuses/117333094557304037Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:28:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spotify, already the bane of many podcasters’ existence, has decided to amp things up: Now it’s scouring podcasts to see if any infringe on “literary content.” on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:27:32 GMT]]>@Moltz @dmoren @jsnell The first rule of book club is you do not talk about book club.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jdechko/statuses/117333088817011935https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jdechko/statuses/117333088817011935Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:27:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spotify, already the bane of many podcasters’ existence, has decided to amp things up: Now it’s scouring podcasts to see if any infringe on “literary content.” on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:25:30 GMT]]>@jsnell *stares in LLM training* Those words on a podcast are the problem, all right.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.coffee/users/donw/statuses/117333080807961883https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.coffee/users/donw/statuses/117333080807961883Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:25:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spotify, already the bane of many podcasters’ existence, has decided to amp things up: Now it’s scouring podcasts to see if any infringe on “literary content.” on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:22:46 GMT]]>Also I guess I need to clear this up - I am hosting the files for someone else's show on my network. It's not my podcast, but it's on my network so I get the legal notices.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/jsnell/statuses/117333070086417942https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/jsnell/statuses/117333070086417942Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:22:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spotify, already the bane of many podcasters’ existence, has decided to amp things up: Now it’s scouring podcasts to see if any infringe on “literary content.” on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:22:41 GMT]]>@jsnell late stage capitalism.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/vmachiel/statuses/117333069745590153https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/vmachiel/statuses/117333069745590153Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:22:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spotify, already the bane of many podcasters’ existence, has decided to amp things up: Now it’s scouring podcasts to see if any infringe on “literary content.” on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:20:29 GMT]]>Just to follow up on this with some stats:

The podcast episode in question is 62 minutes long. More than an hour discussing a book.

Six minutes in, they quote the opening paragraph of the book, a total of 71 words. It takes 20 seconds.

What are we even doing here?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/jsnell/statuses/117333061125934965https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/jsnell/statuses/117333061125934965Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:20:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spotify, already the bane of many podcasters’ existence, has decided to amp things up: Now it’s scouring podcasts to see if any infringe on “literary content.” on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:12:28 GMT]]>@michaelgemar spotify re-hosts all podcasts so they are like youtube, they are content scanning everything

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/jsnell/statuses/117333029555039545https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/jsnell/statuses/117333029555039545Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:12:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spotify, already the bane of many podcasters’ existence, has decided to amp things up: Now it’s scouring podcasts to see if any infringe on “literary content.” on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:00:38 GMT]]>@dmoren @jsnell I’m sure the authors and publishers don’t want people talking about their books. … Wait.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Moltz/statuses/117332983043242222https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Moltz/statuses/117332983043242222Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:00:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spotify, already the bane of many podcasters’ existence, has decided to amp things up: Now it’s scouring podcasts to see if any infringe on “literary content.” on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:42:23 GMT]]>@jsnell What nonsense is this.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/dmoren/statuses/117332911261935556https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeppelin.flights/users/dmoren/statuses/117332911261935556Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:42:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spotify, already the bane of many podcasters’ existence, has decided to amp things up: Now it’s scouring podcasts to see if any infringe on “literary content.” on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:36:19 GMT]]>@jsnell "YouTube is pretty successful; what are the most antisocial behaviors we can copy from them?"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://pdx.social/users/a/statuses/117332887429108002https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://pdx.social/users/a/statuses/117332887429108002Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:36:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spotify, already the bane of many podcasters’ existence, has decided to amp things up: Now it’s scouring podcasts to see if any infringe on “literary content.” on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:27:03 GMT]]>@jsnell Infringing as in copyright? In a *review*?!

And who is asking for this? I would think publishers would be *delighted* to have people discussing their books, even if that means reciting some of the text. But why would Spotify care otherwise?

(As an aside, I’m really curious how they’re checking this — voice-to-text and AI-based comparisons?)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274777763908831/statuses/117332851025087001https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274777763908831/statuses/117332851025087001Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:27:03 GMT