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You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This article originally appeared on The Industry Observer, which is now part of The Music Network.This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. “We publish this as an open letter because we hope other platforms like iTunes, Google Play Music, and Pandora will continue to follow your lead,” the letter concludes.Īt this stage, Spotify have not responded to these requests from UltraViolet, but given their new policy towards artists such as this, it’ll be interesting to see what they decide to do. The letter goes on to list a number of artists by name that they would like to see removed from the service, including Chris Brown, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nelly, Eminem, Don Henley of The Eagles, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Tekashi 6ix9ine, and Ted Nugent. “That has a cultural effect far beyond one individual artist.” “Every time a famous individual continues to be glorified despite allegations of abuse, we wrongly perpetuate silence by showing survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence that there will be no consequences for abuse,” it continues. “We implore you to take a deeper look at the artists you promote.” “As you know, these two men are not the only abusers on your platform,” the open letter states. Now, US women’s advocacy group UltraViolet have penned an open letter to the service, with executive director Shaunna Thomas asking them to further update their algorithms to exclude music made by other musicians accused of sexual misconduct.
While the music of these artists have not been removed entirely, this new change means that they’ve updated their algorithms so that their music won’t appear in playlists, meaning that you won’t be on a journey of discovery and suddenly realise you’re being exposed to the music of an alleged abuser.Īs we noted last week though, this is nothing new, with artists such as Lostprophets and Rolf Harris having had their work ‘disappeared’ by music retailers and services in the past.
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