When you post any content to Spotify, including playlists, messages, and feedback, you grant Spotify a permanent, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, modify, distribute, and sublicense that content in any medium or technology, including technologies not yet invented. You also waive your right to be credited as the author of that content, to the extent the law allows.
This analysis describes what Spotify's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
The license is irrevocable and covers derivative works and sublicensing, meaning Spotify can modify your posted content and permit third parties to use it, without payment and without the ability for you to revoke the license after granting it.
Any content a user posts on Spotify, including messages, playlists, and feedback submitted to Spotify, is subject to this broad, irrevocable license that permits Spotify to modify the content, create derivative works, distribute it worldwide, and sublicense it to third parties, without compensation to the user.
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"you hereby grant to Spotify a non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free, fully paid, irrevocable, worldwide license to reproduce, make available, perform and display, translate, modify, create derivative works from, distribute, and otherwise use any such User Content through any medium, whether alone or in combination with other Content or materials, in any manner and by any means, method or technology, whether now known or hereafter created, in connection with the Spotify Service. Where applicable and to the extent permitted under applicable law, you also agree to waive, and not to enforce, any 'moral rights' or equivalent rights, such as your right to be identified as the author of any User Content, including Feedback, and your right to object to derogatory treatment of such User Content.— Excerpt from Spotify's Spotify Terms and Conditions
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The moral rights waiver component of this license interacts with EU and UK copyright law, under which moral rights (including the right of attribution and the right of integrity) are not fully waivable by contract in certain jurisdictions. For US users, moral rights protections are generally more limited under the Copyright Act except for works of visual art. The breadth of the license grant may also engage GDPR considerations if User Content contains personal data about third parties, requiring Spotify to assess lawful bases for processing under applicable data protection frameworks. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: High. The irrevocability and sublicensability of the license means users cannot reclaim rights to User Content after posting, and the scope covering future technologies creates an open-ended grant. The feedback provision, which expressly states feedback is not confidential and may be used without restriction or payment, is operationally significant for product development and IP ownership purposes. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU and UK users retain moral rights protections that cannot be fully waived by contract under applicable copyright law, creating a tension between the waiver clause and applicable law in those jurisdictions. California users may have additional considerations under state privacy and IP law depending on the nature of content posted. The clause applies globally in scope despite the agreement being addressed to US users. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Organizations operating Brand Accounts should assess whether content they post on behalf of clients or brands is subject to this irrevocable license and whether this creates downstream IP issues with clients who retain ownership of brand materials. The sublicensability of the license means third parties could receive rights to Brand Account content through Spotify's contractual arrangements. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should evaluate whether the moral rights waiver clause is enforceable in the jurisdictions where their organization operates. IP policies should be reviewed to confirm that proprietary materials posted to Spotify are subject to this license scope and that this is acceptable under the organization's information governance framework. Data mapping should account for any personal data embedded in User Content that Spotify may process under this license.
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The license is irrevocable and covers derivative works and sublicensing, meaning Spotify can modify your posted content and permit third parties to use it, without payment and without the ability for you to revoke the license after granting it.
Any content a user posts on Spotify, including messages, playlists, and feedback submitted to Spotify, is subject to this broad, irrevocable license that permits Spotify to modify the content, create derivative works, distribute it worldwide, and sublicense it to third parties, without compensation to the user.
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