Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Fraudulent or abusive reports may lead to account termination or legal consequences
Spotify warns that fraudulent reports or other misuse of the copyright claims process may result in termination of your account and/or legal consequences. It suggests you may wish to consult an attorney before submitting a claim.
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Please note, fraudulent reports or other misuse of this process may result in the termination of your account and/or legal consequences.
You may wish to consult an attorney before submitting a claim.
Qualifications & exceptions
- "May result": termination or legal consequences are possible outcomes, not automatic ones.
- The warning appears in the copyright section; the trademark section does not repeat it.
Not stated here
- What counts as "other misuse of this process" is not defined.
Account & Service Control · Company practice
Accounts of repeat infringers may be terminated, adjusted for reinstated content
Spotify has a policy to terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of repeat infringers, stated for both copyright and trademark. Section 4 explains that a user or creator responsible for multiple violations may have their account terminated, and that if content is reinstated after an appeal or because a rights holder retracts a claim, the repeat-infringer policy will reflect that.
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Spotify also has a policy to terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of repeat infringers.
Spotify also has a policy to terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of repeat infringers.
Spotify also has a repeat infringer policy, meaning that a user or creator responsible for multiple violations may have their account terminated.
If content is reinstated following an appeal or because a rights holder is retracting a claim, our repeat infringer policy will reflect that accordingly.
Qualifications & exceptions
- Termination happens only "in appropriate circumstances" and "may" follow multiple violations; it is not automatic.
- Reinstated content, after an appeal or a rights holder's retraction, is reflected in how the repeat-infringer policy applies.
Not stated here
- How many violations make someone a repeat infringer, and what the "appropriate circumstances" are, are not stated.