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Spotify just changed their TOS, giving them unprecedented rights to create "derivative works" from audiobooks (storyfair.net)

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They frame it as though it's for user content, more likely it's to train AI, but in fact it gives them the right to do almost anything they want - up to (but not including) stealing the content outright.

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[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 168 points 9 months ago

I anticipate a LOT of audiobook authors and publishers aren’t gonna be ok with that.

[-] Talaraine@kbin.social 37 points 9 months ago

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

[-] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 33 points 9 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.

[-] Talaraine@kbin.social 18 points 9 months ago

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

[-] poppy@lemm.ee 20 points 9 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!

[-] smort@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

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