Peter Clines

So, they gave us exactly 30 days' notice to withdraw our work from the new ToS agreement.

Except it can take up to 30 days for them to process that request.

So, if you didn't do it yesterday when it was announced, your work will remain up past the 30-day limit and be considered acceptance of the new ToS.

...

That's evil. And the thing is, they know we don't have anywhere else to go. Even Author's Republic requires me to sign a ToS with Findaway/Spotify (Spotify bought Findaway) to maintain library access.

They were already operating at the bare minimum before, it's going to be a catastrophe now.

And I'm just going to take a moment to say, as angry as we (authors, voice actors, consumers) are, what we are not going to do is take it out on the customer service reps who are absolutely not getting paid enough to deal with any of this.

We're going to keep our complaints and our requests to withdraw from the service as polite and businesslike as possible because none of the people who will be reading our emails have any say in any of this.

If they (Spotify's lawyers, not the CSRs) try to fuck you on the timing, you could point to the timestamp of when the request was submitted. That way, if they try to claim it wasn't done in a timely manner, you can tell them to fuck themselves, because they're the ones who slow-walked it.

I just wouldn't put it past the company to try and pull something like this/they're banking on people not having the time/energy/know-how about what to do about the changes they're making.

I will state here, as I did on the other post I made about it, that they are apparently walking this back. We got an email 11 hours after the initial one going "oh our bad the language wasn't clear, we're totes not stealing your stuff" but the language was pretty clear, imo.

They just weren't banking on the immediate mass outrage.

We'll see what the new "clarified" ToS will say, but honestly, I won't be using Spotify streaming ever again, either as a customer or a client. If they force me to withdraw from Findaway entirely, that's a financial loss I'll just have to take because fuck everything about the proposed changes to licensing and distribution.

These animals are located in West Central Florida in the Tampa Bay area.

Steamboat Willie is now in public domain.

Mickey Mouse?

That's a Trademark.

and also recognize that voting for Democrats is extremely important because it allows things like the confirmation of Justices and prevents the literal fascist party from gaining more power and that harm reduction is an important end in itself

These things can coexist