Spotify sued over alleged inflated Drake streams by bots

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Spotify sued over alleged inflated Drake streams by bots
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Rapper RBX has filed a class action lawsuit against Spotify, accusing the streaming platform of allowing fraudulent streams, primarily benefiting Drake, which has caused financial harm to legitimate artists and rightsholders. The lawsuit claims billions of fake streams inflated Drake's popularity, impacting royalty distributions, although Spotify denies benefiting from such fraud and states it actively combats artificial streaming. The case highlights ongoing concerns about streaming platform practices and artist compensation.

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