{"id":87433,"date":"2021-08-26T13:57:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T12:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=87433"},"modified":"2021-08-26T13:57:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T12:57:37","slug":"youtube-groovy-music-bot-discord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/youtube-groovy-music-bot-discord\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube is pushing the popular Groovy Discord music bot offline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Image credit:<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@alexbemore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Alexander Shatov<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color: #3366FF\">Google has sent a cease and desist to the popular Discord music bot Groovy.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/youtubes-partner-program-2-million-creators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a> (via Google) has started to crack down on <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/discord-ends-negations-with-microsoft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Discord<\/a> music bots, which are incredibly popular on the chat platform. The tech giant sent a cease and desist to the owners of the popular Groovy Bot, which allows Discord users to play music from <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spotify-versus-youtube-music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a> videos. The bot is installed on more than 16 million Discord servers. Google has demanded that the service ceases within seven days and Groovy is complying by shutting down its bot on August 30th.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/smart-speaker-market-share\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google <\/a>confirmed that it took action in the case via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/8\/24\/22640024\/youtube-discord-groovy-music-bot-closure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Verge<\/a>, saying: \u201cWe notified Groovy about violations of our Terms of Service, including modifying the service and using it for commercial purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on the cease and desist, creator and founder of Groovy, Nik Ammerlaan said: \u201cGroovy has been a huge part of my life over the past five years. It started because my friend\u2019s bot sucked and I thought I could make a better one.\u201d Adding: \u201cI\u2019m not sure why they decided to send it [a cease and desist] now. They probably just didn\u2019t know about it, to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nik also commented that it was \u201cjust a matter of seeing when it would happen.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Groovy bot supports <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spotifys-songs-and-podcasts-summer-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/save-precious-time-on-youtube-with-new-search-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/get-your-music-on-soundcloud-go\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Soundcloud<\/a>, and other services, but most of its music comes from YouTube. This is likely to be a domino effect and will affect other music bots on Discord.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One said example is the most popular music bot Rythm, which is used by 560 million users and installed on 20 million Discord servers. However, they have yet to receive a cease and desist from Google, but one would imagine it\u2019s coming.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/8\/24\/22640024\/youtube-discord-groovy-music-bot-closure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Verge<\/a>, a Discord spokesperson said: \u201cWe take the rights of others seriously and require developers who create bots for Discord to do the same.\u201d Adding: \u201cIf a bot running on Discord violates someone else\u2019s rights, that third party or Discord may take action.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has sent a cease and desist to the popular Discord music bot Groovy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":87434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,1,11109],"tags":[9677,28653,4201,28652,28,4940,5718,4339,28651,4161],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- 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