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Updating the Criteria for Web API Extended Access

Hey, I created this thread to get your feedback on our blog post around changes to the Web API extended access criteria, which will take place on May 15th. Please share any of your thoughts on this change in the comments below. All of your feedback w...

  • Spotify
  • Spotify
  • orchestrate
  • Casual Listener
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Compliance Inquiry: Apps Violating Spotify's Policy on Mixing & Broadcasting

Hello.I would like clarification regarding the enforcement of the following policy in the Spotify Developer Terms:Do not create any product or service which includes any non-interactive internet webcasting service. For example, you can’t create an ap...

  • Regular
  • Hello. I would like clarification regarding the enforcement of the following policy in the Spotify Developer Terms: Do not create any product or service which includes any non-interactive internet...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
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    Question
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Using Spotify Player API for a Jukebox Rental - Is It Allowed?

Hi everyone, I’m planning to build a jukebox system where users can select the next song using their own Spotify Premium accounts. The jukebox would use the Spotify Player API to play music for private parties, and users could rent it for their priva...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi everyone,   I’m planning to build a jukebox system where users can select the next song using their own Spotify Premium accounts. The jukebox would use the Spotify Player API to play music ...
  • canovich
  • Regular
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  • 7 replies
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  • Commerial use
    Discussion
    Jukebox
    legal
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Using the API to log historical data

Am I allowed to periodically request the API over a period of time to log historical data for personal use or with friends?I know we're allowed to request our own extended streaming information, but I would like to add on top of that the API to track...

  • Music Fan
  • Am I allowed to periodically request the API over a period of time to log historical data for personal use or with friends? I know we're allowed to request our own extended streaming information, ...
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    historical data
    legal
    Question
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Solved!! Using song previews in a free-to-use, but commercial (music-unrelated) tool

Hey there,I am experimenting a bit with coding and now also Spotify. I have a webshop (based in Germany) that sells hand-made home decor etc.I want to build a filtering system that also allows to match certain songs (that I chose in the backend and c...

  • Casual Listener
  • ...m selling is not related to any artists, publishers etc. I would make this very clear in absolutely any and every way possible. Apart from legality issues that might arise due to copyright (album c...
  • ribezaz
  • Spotify Star
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  • api
    legal
    Question
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Is it legal to use 30 second preview via API?

Hi, I'm creating an app and I wanted to know if it's legal to use the Spotify API to play a 30 second preview of the song.Basically I would insert a button with the words "Listen to song preview", and then I would have to insert something else?Can th...

  • Visitor
  • Hi, I'm creating an app and I wanted to know if it's legal to use the Spotify API to play a 30 second preview of the song. Basically I would insert a button with the words "Listen to song p...
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    legal
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Spotify Trivia

My Question or Issue Why did Spotify remove the use of their API to create games and trivia? I tried searching some things up and read on reddit that apparently Spotify aquired Heardle (while it was still a thing), but that was over a year ago and Sp...

  • Newbie
  • My Question or Issue   Why did Spotify remove the use of their API to create games and trivia? I tried searching some things up and read on reddit that apparently Spotify aquired Heardle (whil...
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GEMA fee to be paid in German Market when using Spotify Widget in Apps?

Hello everyone,I have a rather organizational question for the German market.I would like to integrate the Spotify widget into my app. However, there is the 30 second song preview. We don't want to earn any money with this Spotify widget feature, but...

  • Newbie
  • Hello everyone, I have a rather organizational question for the German market. I would like to integrate the Spotify widget into my app. However, there is the 30 second song preview. We don't w...
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  • API Legalities
    legal
    webapi
    Widget
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Can an app made with the API be used by free Spotify users?

PlanFreeCountryBrazilDeviceMobile, Desktop and TVOperating SystemAndroid, iOS (maybe. I wouldn't be able to test in that as of now) and Web App My Question or IssueI read the terms of Spotify for Developers, but I'm not a native speaker and this got ...

  • Roadie
  • Plan Free Country Brazil Device Mobile, Desktop and TV Operating System Android, iOS (maybe. I wouldn't be able to test in that as of now) and Web App   My Question or Issue I read the...
  • Darth_GTB
  • Roadie
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    legal
    Premium
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Question about banned uses of API

Hello everyone! The Spotify Developer Policy section II.4.c states that "You must not offer metadata, cover art, and/or Audio Preview Clips as a standalone service or product". I have a question about what this means in practical terms. Let's say I'm...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello everyone!   The Spotify Developer Policy section II.4.c states that "You must not offer metadata, cover art, and/or Audio Preview Clips as a standalone service or product".   I ha...
  • Prague
  • Community Legend
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  • 1 replies
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  • legal
    policy
    Question
    Terms
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Is it legally permissible to incorporate your music into videos, similar to how Instagram allows use

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

  • Newbie
  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  
  • Orion119
  • Roadie
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  • legal
    Privacy
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AI Spotify Policy in Apps such as PlaylistAI and Playlistable

Hi all, I've been looking for an easy way to create new playlists and better organize my Spotify account when I stumbled upon apps like PlaylistAI (https://www.playlistai.app/) and Playlistable (https://playlistable.io/) and was hoping to develop a s...

  • Casual Listener
  • ...laylistable (https://playlistable.io/) and was hoping to develop a similar app on my own for my personal use.  Then I was wondering, how come these apps are legal? They take data from Spotify accounts a...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
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  • AI
    API Help
    API Legalities
    legal
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Urgent: Intellectual Property Infringement Regarding “Jam” – Immediate Action Required

Dear Spotify Team, I trust this message finds you well. I am Oukeen Asad, the creator and developer behind the application “Jam - JustAddMusic”. I am reaching out with serious concerns and disappointment regarding Spotify’s recent implementation of a...

  • Newbie
  • ...ntention is to resolve this matter amicably, I want to assert that I am fully prepared to pursue all necessary legal avenues to safeguard my intellectual property rights should a satisfactory resolution n...
  • CheeroIp
  • Roadie
  • 521 Views
  • 2 replies
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  • legal
    legal rights
    legality
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Are we allowed to run the Spotify embed in an ad unit such as a banner ad? Any legal restrictions?

1. Are we allowed to run the embedded Spotify player inside an ad unit such as a banner ad?2. Are there any legal restrictions?3. Do you offer any reporting, such as tracks played, etc.?

  • Casual Listener
  • 1. Are we allowed to run the embedded Spotify player inside an ad unit such as a banner ad? 2. Are there any legal restrictions? 3. Do you offer any reporting, such as tracks played, etc.?  
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  • embed
    embedded Player
    embedded playlist
    legal
    restrictions
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iOS app integrated Spotify SDK rejected by Apple when publish

PlanFree/PremiumCountryAustralia Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue: Our client developed an app named DYOB(http://www.dyobapp.com) which integrated Sp...

  • Visitor
  • ...laylist, and share with their friends by entering the code.    But Apple rejected the app by this reason: Regarding 5.2.3-Legal, you need to provide authorisation from the content owner (in this c...
  • Peter_Schorn
  • Roadie
  • 2342 Views
  • 6 replies
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  • legal
    Spotify iOS SDK
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Store and process data from Spotify

Hello together,I would like to use the data about certain songs from Spotify for my backend. However, the backend is on a web server and not directly in the mobile app. The data would then have to be stored and processed there.Does anyone know if thi...

  • Newbie
  • ...o be stored and processed there. Does anyone know if this is legally allowed?
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    legal
    Process
    store
    webserver
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Widget Terms of Use: Legal Queries

My Question or IssueI have been reading through the Widget Terms of Use and have some queries around some of the language used: "Section III: Licenses and Permissions3. 3. License to Spotify. You grant to us a paid-up, royalty-free, non-exclusive, wo...

  • Newbie
  • ...ommercial purposes"?   I've been trying to find a legal contact at Spotify to help me with these queries, but am finding impossible to get through to someone who can help. Therefore, I'd really a...
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  • 0 replies
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  • legal
    Terms
    Widget
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My API Wrapper was reported for infringing on Spotify's IP. Don't know who to contact!

I'm unsure who to contact in this case, but I wrote an object-oriented Spotify API wrapper a couple of years ago and put it open source on NPM. https://www.npmjs.com/package/enhanced-spotify-api I made a website for the documentation and was hosting ...

  • Newbie
  • I'm unsure who to contact in this case, but I wrote an object-oriented Spotify API wrapper a couple of years ago and put it open source on NPM.    https://www.npmjs.com/package/enhanced-s...
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  • api
    api wrapper
    copyright
    legal
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Spotify SDK and Spotify App Remote

Hello,i have developed an Android-Widget for Spotify. I would like to sell this App on the Google App-Store. I have already read on different places the terms and conditions, which requirements the app should follow and so on, but it is still not cle...

  • Casual Listener
  • ...ommunity forum. I do not see any direct "contact" to spotify on the community forum, even for legal questions. So this post in this forum is the only way I can get an answer, I hope at least. My W...
  • viabonito
  • Casual Listener
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    legal
    selling apps
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Can I do this legally?

I want to build a niche database, but it would require me importing The names of all Artists, Albums, and Tracks and saving them so I have the references separately without hitting the API every time I need them. Is this a violation or not? I'm tryin...

  • Newbie
  • I want to build a niche database, but it would require me importing The names of all Artists, Albums, and Tracks and saving them so I have the references separately without hitting the API every time...
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  • Data Storage
    legal
    Terms of Service
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Synchronization restriction: request for clarification

Hello. Have an idea for SDA (non-streaming one) but want to clarify the restriction in advance to not to waste my time for something which might be not approved. I am confused about the "synchronization" restriction: "Synchronization: Syncing sound r...

  • Gig Goer
  • Hello. Have an idea for SDA (non-streaming one) but want to clarify the restriction in advance to not to waste my time for something which might be not approved.   I am confused about the "syn...
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