Spotify: Difference between revisions

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 *Playlist manipulation
-::Despite a 2015 pledge to fix <q>bad publishing data</q> Spotify’s $43 million settlement (2017) for unpaid mechanical licenses was deemed "inadequate" by industry groups.<ref name=":3" />
-*Bundling Schemes:
 ::The National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) criticized Spotify for bundling music with audiobooks to lower royalty rates, calling it a "predatory" practice.{{CitationNeeded}}
-===Privacy Violations and Data Misuse===
+===Privacy violations and data misuse===
-*Invasive Data Collection:
-::In 2015, Spotify demanded access to users’ contacts, photos, and location via mobile apps, triggering backlash over disproportionate data harvesting.
-*Pay-for-Play Allegations:
+*Invasive data collection:
+::In 2015, Spotify demanded access to users’ contacts, photos, and location via mobile apps, triggering backlash over disproportionate data harvesting.{{CitationNeeded}}
+*Pay-for-Play allegations:
 ::Spotify was accused of taking payments from labels to prioritize songs in playlists, mimicking payola scandals without transparency.<ref name=":1" />