Saying they are defending the rights of new and emerging recording artists, Thom Yorke and Atoms for Peace have removed their tracks from Spotify, the commercial music streaming service.

Best known for his work with Radiohead, Yorke pulled his 2006 solo album "The Eraser" while the band Atoms for Peace, which Yorke leads, took down their '13 disk "Amok." As of earlier this afternoon, both tracks from Yorke's '09 two-sided single "The Hollow Earth" and "Feeling Pulled Apart by Horses"...