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fromLos Angeles Times
3 days ago

Rapper RBX sues Spotify, accuses Drake of benefiting from fraudulent music streams

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.
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fromVulture
4 days ago

Lawsuit Claims Drake's Getting 'Billions of Fraudulent Streams' from Spotify

Billions of fraudulent streams have been generated with respect to songs of 'the most streamed artist of all time,' Aubrey Drake Graham, professionally known as Drake,
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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

AI, bot farms and innocent indie victims: how music streaming became a hotbed of fraud and fakery

AI-generated music tracks are flooding streaming services, harming indie artists.
Fraudsters manipulate streaming metrics using bots and AI to generate revenue.
The music industry struggles with automated systems that can wrongfully flag innocent artists.
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