Disabling iTunes Windows Media Shortcuts

Hi,
I'm on Win7, iTunes 11.2.2.3, Spotify 0.9.10.22.gf8788f9.
Is there a way to disable/remap the Media keys used in iTunes?
I have Media keys on my keyboard for features such as Next Track, Previous Track, etc.
The problem is, whenever iTunes is running and Spotify is not in the foreground windows, iTunes would capture all the Media Keys.
Say I have both Spotify and iTunes loaded and minimised, if I hit the Play key, iTunes will play instead of Spotify.
Thanks.

Same here!
Windows 8.1 Pro
iTunes 12.1.2.27 64
Spotify 1.0.4.90.g0b6df40b

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