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Drake is facing a proposed U.S. class-action lawsuit alleging he used proceeds from an online gambling site to artificially inflate his music streaming counts, with claims that he promoted Stake.us and collaborated with influencers to manipulate streaming platforms, seeking at least $5 million in damages.
A class action lawsuit accuses Spotify of enabling massive streaming fraud, with Drake allegedly benefiting from billions of inauthentic streams, which could have cost other artists hundreds of millions of dollars. The suit claims Spotify's inadequate anti-fraud measures and highlights alleged manipulations such as VPN usage to inflate stream counts, though Drake is not directly accused of wrongdoing. Spotify denies benefiting from fraud and states it invests heavily in combating artificial streaming.
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.
A class action lawsuit alleges Spotify has ignored widespread fraudulent streaming, particularly involving billions of fake streams of Drake's music, generated by bot accounts using VPNs and other methods, which harms legitimate artists and benefits Spotify's advertising revenue. The lawsuit focuses on irregular streaming patterns and geographic anomalies in Drake's streams, raising concerns about the integrity of streaming metrics and artist compensation.
Deezer is now flagging albums with AI-generated songs to combat streaming fraud, as the platform sees a rapid increase in AI-created music used to fraudulently earn royalties, with about 18% of daily uploads being fully AI-generated, raising concerns about industry-wide impacts and the need for transparency.
Drake has filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group and Spotify, alleging they conspired to inflate the streaming numbers of Kendrick Lamar's track "Not Like Us" through questionable promotional tactics. The claims include reduced royalty rates for increased song recommendations, undisclosed influencer campaigns, and the use of bots to boost streams. While UMG denies these allegations, the evidence presented by Drake's team appears to be based on outdated information and lacks concrete proof, raising questions about the validity of the accusations.
Musician Benn Jordan, known as The Flashbulb, discovered his music had been removed from Spotify, iTunes, and other streaming platforms due to alleged fraudulent botstreams. His digital distributor, TuneCore, took down his music after Spotify detected abnormal streaming activity, but later admitted to an error in their notification system and reinstated Jordan's catalog. Jordan, who had earned over $400,000 in sales, demanded evidence of the fraud and criticized TuneCore for blacklisting him without providing proof. Spotify confirmed detecting artificial streaming but stated it did not instruct TuneCore to remove Jordan's music. Jordan's music has since been returned to streaming platforms, but he emphasized the need for policy changes to prevent similar incidents for independent musicians.