{"id":7620,"date":"2026-10-26T11:15:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T10:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shamusic.es\/2026\/10\/26\/verifying-a-songs-authorship-what-spotify-doesnt-do\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T11:18:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T10:18:29","slug":"verifying-a-songs-authorship-what-spotify-doesnt-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shamusic.es\/en\/2026\/10\/26\/verifying-a-songs-authorship-what-spotify-doesnt-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Verifying a Song’s Authorship: What Spotify Doesn’t Do"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spotify has taken stock of its first year of putting, in its own words, \u201chuman creativity first.\u201d In its October 20, 2026, press release<\/a>, the company reports that this year it has removed more than 50 million tracks from its recommendations that were considered \u201cslop\u201d<\/em> (low-quality, mass-produced music generated by AI) or spam from its recommendations, that it now has more than 300,000 verified artists, and that artists submit tens of thousands of credits every day indicating which parts of a song were created using AI.<\/p>\n

The direction is clear: platforms reward what can be verified\u2014a verified profile, a claimed credit, a real person behind the music. But there\u2019s one question these tools don\u2019t answer: Who verifies a song\u2019s authorship and the date it was created?<\/strong> Spotify can confirm that there\u2019s an identifiable person behind a profile. What it doesn\u2019t verify is how long your song has existed or that it came from you.<\/p>\n

In this article, we\u2019ll take a look at what\u2019s happening, why the release date of your work matters more than ever, and how you can document it starting today.<\/p>\n

What exactly has Spotify announced?<\/h2>\n

Here are the measures the platform details in its update:<\/p>\n