And ultimately, the dispute between Young and Spotify over Rogan’s show says much more about what is happening to the music business than it does about free expression or artistic integrity.Ĭonor Friedersdorf: What’s the purpose of boycotting Joe Rogan? The rights of speech and association are, as always, constrained by contracts and commerce-in the arts as much as in the tech world. He’d signed away those rights to his label, which is part of Warner Music Group, and he had to ask Warner to let him leave Spotify as a personal favor. But, notably, Young himself did not in fact have the legal right to leave. He has the moral right to get off Spotify, the largest music-streaming service, to protest Rogan’s comments about COVID-19 vaccines. I’m out of here.” I support Young’s stance. I assumed he was just telling the company, “I don’t need this. ![]() ![]() When Neil Young said he’d take his music off Spotify if it kept streaming the podcaster Joe Rogan, I doubted he was trying to deplatform Rogan.
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