Do Not Repost My Audios On Spotify (Patreon)

Already made a post about this last year, but it seems no one got the message. And things have gotten worse.

On my own I have found 30 audios of mine reuploaded onto Spotify, all parts of podcasts that are full of stolen audios from other creators. Some say you can contact them and ask them to take it down, but Spotify has no DM function so how am I supposed to do that? Also. You should just not do it in the first place. I can guarantee you no creator is okay with this, none of them. You can get copyright takedowns for this as people's audios do count as their own work that is copyrighted, and you are stealing potential income from these creators by getting people to listen to their work on Spotify instead of on their Youtube where they make ad revenue. But in my case you're stealing more of my income that just that, because like I said, this time it's worse.

So we've got the tier 1 Spotify reuploaders. They rip audios from Youtube and put them on Spotify. There is literally no need to do this. All of my public SFW audios are available on Youtube to listen too for free. If you want to listen to them without ads and be able to turn off your screen you could get Youtube Premium or you could listen to them on soundgasm (if you're 18+). If you want to listen to them without an internet connection you could get Youtube Premium or join my $5 Patreon tier (if you're 18+) and get free HD downloads of all my public audios. Or... you could find some mystical way of creating mp3s from Youtube videos and I won't know you're doing it and I can't stop you and then you'd just have them. And I'm guessing that's what these Spotify reuploader's have done and I'm not gonna call anyone out for doing that... but then just keep those files to yourself, you don't need to reupload them. By reuploading them you're taking away my Youtube views and ad revenue.

Then we've got tier 2 Spotify reuploaders. These guys are ripping full 18+ explicit sexual audios from my soundgasm (18+ only) and putting them onto Spotify. These podcasts are full of 18+ audios from various creators. And for those unaware, Spotify does not allow pornographic or explicit sexual content on their platform. Because of course it doesn't. It's not that sort of platform. These reuploaders are not only stealing content, but putting it on a platform that doesn't allow it. At least one of these podcasts labelled themself as "16+" despite having this explicit sexual content. It doesn't matter if the age of consent in your country/state is 16 or younger, if it's on the internet where people from countries who's age of consent is 18 (the highest of any country) you have to label it as 18+ not a younger age. Having my content stolen, whether it's my audios or art, always feels gross. It feels even grosser when it's sexual content of you.

And the thing that makes this all so much worse this time around, the worst of the worst Spotify reuploader I have seen, the only one in tier 3. Why are they here? Because they have been reuploading my private, behind-a-pay-wall, Patreon exclusive, 18+ sexual audios onto Spotify. They are not only stealing content. They are not only posting explicit sexual content onto Spotify. They are stealing and leaking Patreon exclusive content onto Spotify, directly stealing from my main steam of income, and posting them for free. Have we all watched or listened too pirated content in our lives? Most likely yes. But I hope we all understand the big difference between watching a pirated copy of a Disney movie, a giant corporation who's still going to make money, and leaking a small creator's Patreon content. If all my Patreon audios were public I wouldn't have my main source of income, I wouldn't be able to pay my rent, for food, etc, and I'm not able to do other sorts of work due to mental and physical health problems. Leaking Patreon content is not the same as showing others something you've bought. If you buy a figurine and show a friend they may also want to buy that figurine and woa now two people own that figurine. If you buy one of my audios and show a friend they now aren't going to come and buy an audio they already have free access too, does that make sense? I hope we can all understand the difference it is to leak pay-walled content from a small creator.

Do not send hate to anyone who has reuploaded my work, do not try and find their socials, do not try and harass them or contact them in any way.

If you are a Spotify reuploader please listen to me: stop uploading more audios and delete all the ones you have already uploaded. It is never okay to reupload someone's work without permission. You do not reupload and then say you'll take it down if you ask. You ask first and then wait to get permission, if they say no you don't do it, and if they never answer you don't do it. But I find it extremely unlikely any creator would say yes. I can't believe I'm even slightly appreciating that at least those of you who just stole my Youtube videos at least didn't steal from my Patreon. But that doesn't make it okay. None of this is okay. Never upload my audios onto Spotify. And if you've listened to my audios on Spotify, it wasn't me who uploaded them, please stop listening to them on there.

Like I already said, it's easy to gain access to my audios, even for listening with your phone screen off or offline. Get them however you get them, I can't stop you, but don't reupload them. If you reupload them I am able and willing to report them and have them taken down.

If anyone finds more that I haven't already found and listed here please do let me know.