Spotify Terms and Conditions

This is Spotify's Terms of Use agreement that governs every aspect of how you use the Spotify music, podcast, and audiobook streaming service in the United States. The most important thing to know is that by posting any content — including playlists, messages, or feedback — you grant Spotify a permanent, irrevocable, royalty-free worldwide license to use, modify, and distribute that content, and you also agree to resolve any disputes through individual arbitration rather than suing Spotify in court or joining a class action lawsuit. If you want to opt out of the mandatory arbitration clause, you must do so within 30 days of first agreeing to these Terms by following the opt-out procedure described in Section 6.

This document constitutes Spotify USA Inc.'s Terms of Use governing access to and use of the Spotify streaming service, including all websites, software applications, music, video, podcast, and audiobook content, and is legally effective upon account creation or service use. The most significant obligations include a mandatory individual arbitration clause with class action waiver, a broad royalty-free irrevocable worldwide license granted to Spotify over all user-posted content, and user authorization for Spotify to utilize device processor, bandwidth, and storage hardware for service operation and third-party advertising delivery. Notable departures from industry standard include the irrevocable nature of the content license, the explicit waiver of moral rights, the grant of device resource access to business partners, and Spotify's right to unilaterally modify, suspend, or discontinue any content or service feature without notice or liability. The document engages GDPR (for EU users), CCPA (for California residents), COPPA (minimum age thresholds at 13), FTC Act Section 5 (unfair or deceptive practices), and applicable export control and economic sanctions frameworks including OFAC regulations and EU Dual-Use Regulation 2021/821; material compliance considerations include adequacy of consent mechanisms for the broad content license, arbitration clause enforceability under state consumer protection statutes, and obligations around minor user access under family subscription arrangements.