"RBX, whose real name is Eric Dwayne Collins, is seeking a class-action status and damages and restitution from Spotify. RBX, along with other rights holders, receive payment based on how often their music is streamed on Spotify, according to the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in L.A. on Sunday. Spotify pays rights holders a percentage of revenue based on the total streams attributed to them compared with total volume of streams for all songs, the lawsuit said."
"Spotify declined to comment on the pending litigation but said it "in no way benefits from the industry-wide challenge of artificial streaming." "We heavily invest in always-improving, best-in-class systems to combat it and safeguard artist payouts with strong protections like removing fake streams, withholding royalties, and charging penalties," Spotify said in a statement."
"Spotify knew or should have known "with reasonable diligence, that fraudulent activities were occurring on its platform," states the lawsuit, describing the streamer's policies to root out fraud as "window dressing.""
RBX (Eric Dwayne Collins) filed suit against Spotify seeking class-action status, damages, and restitution, alleging artificial inflation of certain artists' streams through bots. Payments to rights holders are allocated as a percentage of total streams, and inflated plays for some artists shrink payments to others. The complaint cites coordinated bot use and VPN geomapping, noting at least 250,000 suspicious streams of Drake's "No Face" tracked from Turkey and falsely mapped to the U.K. The suit alleges Spotify knew or should have known about fraudulent activity and calls anti-fraud measures ineffective. Spotify says it invests in systems to remove fake streams and protect payouts.
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