#streaming fraud

#streaming fraud

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.

"Every month, under Spotify's watchful eye, billions of fraudulent streams are generated from fake, illegitimate, and/or illegal methods [like bots]," the complaint reads. "This mass-scale fraudulent streaming causes massive financial harm to legitimate artists, songwriters, producers, and other rightsholders whose proportional share is decreased as a result of fraudulent stream inflation on Spotify's platform." Spotify pays streaming royalties based on an artist's share of total streams.