Streaming Fraud

From Global Music Rights’ $3.3bn valuation to the Miley Cyrus copyright lawsuit… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…

Musician accused of $10m AI streaming fraud scam pleads not guilty (report)

Michael Smith was indicted by the US Government earlier this month over an alleged $10 million streaming fraud scam

Spotify: We accounted for less than 1% of $10m generated in US streaming fraud case

The company says it "invests heavily" in tools to detect and prevent streaming fraud

Amuse launches ‘Stream Check’ feature to let artists know if their music is being used in streaming fraud

Artists may be unaware that their music is the target of streaming fraud until it's pulled down from DSPs

Streaming fraud costs the global music industry $2bn a year, according to Beatdapp. Now it’s partnering with Beatport to combat the trend

“Suspicious activity has been on the rise in recent months," Beatport's Chief Revenue Officer says

Streaming fraud leads to prison sentence for Danish man in case called ‘historic’ by artists’ groups

Streaming fraud and manipulated audio are two of the biggest headaches in music today, and a criminal case shows how the two go hand in hand

From Triller owing rightsholders over $23m to the MLC’s plan to audit DSPs… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days...

A different kind of streaming fraud: Over 1m ‘manipulated’ tracks are on audio streaming services

Pex’s Rasty Turek believes the issue of ‘modified audio’ could be fixed by the DSPs

Warner’s ADA to distribute select artists’ music from generative AI platform Boomy in ‘first-of-its-kind deal’

Under the deal, ADA will distribute some Boomy artists across platforms including Spotify, TikTok and Apple Music

Believe, EMPIRE, Spotify, Amazon Music and more team up to form global task force ‘aimed at eradicating streaming fraud’

Digital music companies form 'Music Fights Fraud'

Rob Stringer says music streaming fraud ‘is a problem that must be eliminated’, calls for better payouts from short-form video platforms

Sony Music Group Chairman covers various key industry topics in presentation to Sony Corp investors

‘Fake streams are nothing new, but the recordings business is only just waking up to the scale of the practice.’

The following op-ed comes from Pascal Bittard, founder of France-based independent distributor IDOL

Streaming fraud accounts for at least 1-3% of plays on services like Spotify and Deezer in France, shows investigation

Landmark study into France's music industry focuses on illegitimate streaming practices