Dear authors: using #FindawayVoices?
Flee. Flee now.
Not because of the machine learning ( https://www.laurahorowitz.com/post/stop-spotify-from-stealing-your-intellectual-property )
but because the new license is a huge rights grab.
These terms are death to your career. #writing #writingbiz
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