Spotify
Legal
LegalCounsel-PlatformLiability&Enforcement
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“Legal Counsel - Platform Liability & Enforcement at Spotify. Skills: Platform Liability, Content Policy Enforcement, Legal Takedown Practices. Supervise Spotify’s legal takedown practices and policies. Provide legal support for teams that develop, implement, and support Spotify’s content policies”
Industry & Context.
Proactively finding solutions to complex problems; Problem solver; Ability to identify and complete work to be done without being instructed
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Law degree (or equivalent), 5+ years of experience working in a law firm and/or in-house legal department, Deep understanding of intermediary liability frameworks, Proven expertise in copyright law and other content-related legal issues, Experience assessing and advising on a broad set of legal standards, even when those standards are new to you, Experience in partnering with global stakeholders
Nice to Have
Experience litigating cases involving intermediary liability
What You'll Do.
Supervise Spotify’s legal takedown practices and policies
Provide legal support for teams that develop
and support Spotify’s content policies
Resolve claims related to these policies
Build out processes for scale
Advise on Spotify’s global compliance with platform liability frameworks and content safe harbor laws (e. g.
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act)
Support managing Spotify’s legal takedown process
across all types of legal issues including intellectual property and speech-based offenses
Provide legal advice across Spotify on platform liability
including issue-spotting and strategizing solutions for exciting new products
Work with internal and external counsel and government affairs experts to track evolving legal requirements across the territories where Spotify operates
Counsel the teams responsible for building
and implementing Spotify’s content policies
including the Trust & Safety team and the Content Protection team
Work on proactive enforcement efforts regarding potential abuse of the Spotify platform
Provide legal support for litigations and press inquiries arising out of content takedown issues
Work with operations teams within and outside the legal team to develop efficient
scalable practices around legal takedown requests
Perform rotational work as business requires
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partnering with global stakeholders; Working with internal and external counsel and government affairs experts; Counseling teams responsible for building, managing, and implementing Spotify’s content policies; Working with operations teams within and outside the legal team; Working well as part of a team — both with other lawyers and with non-legal stakeholders
Communication Scope
Ability to explain legal concepts to non-lawyers
Full Job Description
## Description Spotify’s Legal team is growing. We’re facing innovative challenges that mirror the ground-breaking industry and product at the heart of our company. As we’ve expanded into more than 184 countries and our company has grown tremendously, we find ourselves facing new and interesting legal issues every day. As Legal Counsel, Platform Liability & Enforcement at Spotify, you will help supervise Spotify’s legal takedown practices and policies and you will provide legal support for the teams that develop, implement, and support Spotify’s content policies. You will also work directly to resolve claims related to these policies and help build out processes for scale. Your experience making risk-based assessments and proactively finding solutions to complex problems will be crucial. ## What You'll Do Advise on Spotify’s global compliance with platform liability frameworks and content safe harbor laws (e.g., Digital Services Act, DMCA, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act) Support managing Spotify’s legal takedown process, across content types, across all types of legal issues including intellectual property and speech-based offenses Provide legal advice across Spotify on platform liability, including issue-spotting and strategizing solutions for exciting new products Work with internal and external counsel and government affairs experts to track evolving legal requirements across the territories where Spotify operates Counsel the teams responsible for building, managing, and implementing Spotify’s content policies, including the Trust & Safety team and the Content Protection team Work on proactive enforcement efforts regarding potential abuse of the Spotify platform Provide legal support for litigations and press inquiries arising out of content takedown issues Work with operations teams within and outside the legal team to develop efficient, scalable practices around legal takedown requests Perform rotational work as business requires ## Who You Are L
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