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Hahahhahahahahahahaha nope! Also if you use a piece of music that’s very popular/in the public domain—we have an old episode I’m dealing with that uses a performance of the 1812 overture—Spotify will make the copyright claim against *every* performance of that song on Spotify

This has not happened on any nethermurk episodes because I’m pretty careful about making sure I’ve got the rights to what I use, it’s just this one song in blue kindness high that’s fucked me

Sadly they are tied with Apple as our #1 platform, so I’m obligated to jump through these hoops (especially for the current campaign!) And people notice

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Keep in mind every time I have to submit one of these I have to affirm I am telling the truth, under penalty of perjury (no pressure!) and I only have 2000 characters to do so

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When I resolve these I can move on to older episodes that have been removed, which is obviously much harder because those episodes weren’t edited by me, in DAWs I don’t use, and I have to find the offending music cues in hour-plus episodes 🙃

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*And there has been no response on “Long Weekend” Keep in mind it’s the same song and I removed it from all three episodes and explained this in three separate but similar appeals

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*For “Auditions”, they have asked for me to send them the license again, along with a bunch more information about the licensor? As if they don’t really know who owns it? In which case who are they protecting? And I have already told them I removed the song from the episode? So it’s kind of moot?

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For those keeping score at home: *Spotify has confirmed “What Will Happen at the Sophomore Assembly?” Will be restored within the next week (no rush guys)

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But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 25/09/2026

I love all our dear listeners, but if you listen to our podcasts on Spotify, I love you a little less ❤️

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This keeps happening to Shelved By Genre because they quote Tolkien works in the course of multi-hour reviews. Spotify is, as OP says, the bane of podcasters' lives. Use literally any actual podcast app and both you and your favourite podcaster will be happier.

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*ahh finally wrapped up the work week by pulling music I have the rights to from podcast episodes just to resolve annoying Spotify takedowns…time to start the weekend with a little Bluesk—*

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good sign considering their record at home this year

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Sung to the tune of "Waterloo": 🎶Marmaduke🎶

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cruel to announce this as the copy of the 4k edition I ordered is shipping

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I just want to help your most heterosexual character shine 💫

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Tried making the most cursed top ten list

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sometimes you're bopping along, recording another killer episode of Oh These, Those Stars of Space, and then MAJOR PLOT DEVELOPMENTS YOU DIDN'T PLAN FOR THAT AFFECT THE REST OF THE SHOW start happening one after another

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Trapped in the Kino Lorber abattoir

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We’re supposed to be impressed about Brad Pitt in this survival movie when Brian, a literal child, managed to do all this and more in Hatchet? Without the aid of a big German shepherd!

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Was there ever an attempt to translate "Psylocke" or were they just like 'nah this barely makes sense in English'

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Or that one where Dr Soong leaves behind instructions that to protect his positronic brain he has to put on shockingly white sunblock but no one notices

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Soo stoked that Jeremy Strong is gonna play Data

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Kinda bullshit they’re holding Gavroche for the DLC but what are you gonna do

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Finally a Les Miz video game

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Yeah for an effective impeachment in 2027, you gotta imagine democrats running the table and coming up with, say, 57 seats. Then you gotta find ten GOP senators *up for reelection in ‘28* that are willing to flip. Anyone up in ‘30 already assumes they’ll be running in the midterm for a dem prez