Setting the Record Straight on Spotify's Terms of Use

You might be seeing some misinformation online about a change to Spotify's Terms of Useand their impact on artists, authors, and creators. These claims are false. These Terms of Use pertain to Spotify listeners and do not govern Spotify's rights to use artists', podcasters', creators', or authors' creative works.

Spotify's Terms of Usegovern what listeners can and cannot do on our platform, not the creative works that artists, podcasters, creators, or authors distribute on our platform. These listener terms enable Spotify to display features such as user-created custom playlist covers, user comments on podcasts, and user-created playlist titles.

The recent changes to our listener Terms of Use do not impact how artists', podcasters', creators', and authors' music, shows, and/or audiobooks are distributed on our platform, what rights they retain, or what Spotify does with their work.