Why more musicians haven’t joined Neil Young’s Spotify boycott over Joe Rogan
LA TimesFor those following certain parts of Twitter during the last week, it would have been easy to come away with the impression that Spotify was facing a mass exodus of artists protesting COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on Joe Rogan’s immensely popular podcast. Music rights are complicated Even when artists want to leave Spotify — and some do — it isn’t as simple as pressing the skip button. Indeed, Crosby, who vehemently agrees with Young’s position on Spotify and Rogan, sold his recorded music and publishing rights to Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group last year. Misinformation politics are tricky Some artists may not necessarily agree with Young and Mitchell that pressuring Spotify to dump Rogan is the right thing to do, according to music industry insiders.