Spotify has a content label dispute with Spoken Giants

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Spotify pulls some comedy content amid royalties dispute

Spotify is not joking around amid a dispute over royalties for comedy content. The streaming giant removed the work of hundreds of comedians from its platform.

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Spotify is not joking around amid a dispute over royalties for comedy content. The streaming giant has removed the work of hundreds of comedians from its platform -- including Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart and the late Robin Williams -- according to rights agency Spoken Giants.

Spoken Giants, which represents some of the affected comedians, describes itself as "the first global rights administration company for the owners and creators of spoken word copyrights," and aims to get streaming platforms to pay comedians for writing jokes in the same way songwriters are paid.

Some of the talent in this dispute are Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart and the late Robin Williams. This is between a recording label for comedy over royalties to comedy writers in this case. This is similar to how song writers having disputes with labels or Spotify over the same thing. Or like local TV station owners having disputes with cable/streaming providers.

Spotify pulls top comedians' albums amid royalty dispute

Spotify has pulled comedy albums from Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish and others as part of a royalty dispute.

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Spotify pulls hundreds of comedians' content amid royalties dispute

Some of those whose work has been removed include John Mulaney, Jim Gaffigan, Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart and the late Robin Williams. In a stalemate over literary rights, Spotify has opted to remove the popular work of hundreds of comedians from the platform.

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