Spotify has removed the work of hundreds of comedians from its platform -- including Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart and the late Robin Williams, according to rights agency Spoken Giants.
Spoken Giants, which represents some of the affected comedians, describes itself as"the first global rights administration company for the owners and creators of spoken word copyrights," and aims to get streaming platforms to pay comedians for writing jokes in the same way songwriters are paid.The group told CNN that the take-down happened on November 24, and said that it never requested the content's removal.
"Read MoreTiffany Haddish offers up advice for those looking to break into comedy A Spotify spokesperson told CNN that the streaming platform had already paid"significant amounts of money" to offer the comedy content to listeners, and"would love to continue to do so.
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