<story><title>Spotify made a cowardly choice: to submit to the Kremlin</title><url>https://copyriot.se/2022/03/05/spotify-made-a-cowardly-choice-to-submit-to-the-kremlin-rather-than-to-support-russian-dissenters/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Barrin92</author><text>&amp;gt;Then it would maybe just be a matter of time until they also closed down access to Spotify in Russia. But it would at least be a statement, saving the face of Daniel Ek.&lt;p&gt;Okay, so the author&amp;#x27;s idea of bravery is to pull a meaningless PR stunt that does nothing for Russians but instead saves the face of the company&amp;#x27;s CEO in the eyes of anglosphere online bloggers? For once an actual instance of behavior where the overused &amp;#x27;virtue signaling&amp;#x27; phrase makes sense.&lt;p&gt;The smart move for companies is to comply with these laws to a superficial extent while silently keeping as much dissident content online as possible and staying off the radar of regulators.</text></comment>
<story><title>Spotify made a cowardly choice: to submit to the Kremlin</title><url>https://copyriot.se/2022/03/05/spotify-made-a-cowardly-choice-to-submit-to-the-kremlin-rather-than-to-support-russian-dissenters/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>roenxi</author><text>There is nothing bold about halting trade with Russia right now; as far as can be told there is a great deal of social and political support for anyone making such a choice.&lt;p&gt;To be honest, companies making emotional decisions is more concerning to me. It is reasonable and to be encouraged if businesses want to be a moral-less dumb pipe. Spotify is not equipped to make geopolitical judgements about what is and isn&amp;#x27;t a just war or propaganda &amp;amp; can achieve nothing against the Russian military. If they just stick to following the law that is fine. If something is required of them then the military leadership can ask them to do it.</text></comment>